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Fronting the palace is an unkempt field, known as the Champ de Mars, and near at hand is the huge cathedral wherein the images of the Saints, and even the Virgin, are painted brown and black to match the predominat- ing hue of the republic. Many of the stores are large and well stocked, the oflSces of the consuls, the steamship companies, and the foreign merchants are clean, well kept, and attractive, and there are several quite imposing buildings, such as the churches, the National Foimdry, an...d the schools, for, strangely enough. 222 THE WEST INDIES Haiti, with all its shortcomings, is alive to the im- portance of education, and schools are numerous. Port-au-Prince possesses tram-car lines and a railway extends from the city into the interior, while the streets literally teem with licensed cabs or "busses," which are a necessity rather than a luxury, for, to traverse the rough and filthy streets afoot, is like a journey through purgatory. Pew of the well-to-do Haitiens, or foreign mer- chants, of Port-au-Prince dwell in the town, but, instead, make their homes at La Coupe, a beauti- fully situated suburb about five miles from the city and at an elevation of 1200 feet above the sea, and which is well kept, attractive, and with many really fine residences.
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