17B  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA
The  present  constitution  provides  for  a
President  as  an  executive  and  a  Senate  and
Chamber  of  Deputies  for  legislative  purposes.
The  island  of  Santo  Domingo,  or  Haiti,  is
about  400  miles  long  and  160  wide,  its  shores
possessing  numerous  deep-water  bays  and  inlets. ­
  Four  almost  parallel  mountain-ranges  exist ­
  within  its  boundaries,  one  peak,  Mt.  Tina,
being  10,300  feet  in  altitude.  These  mountains ­
  form  an  excellent  watershed,  resulting
in  many  creeks  and  streams,  but  few  navigable
and  those  only  for  very  light  draft  boats.
Along  the  coast  and  in  the  lowlands,  the
heat  is  extreme,  Haiti  being  much  warmer
than  Santo  Domingo.  The  high  lands  of  the
interior  and  the  plateaus  between  the  mountains ­
  are  pleasant  and  healthful.  Continuous
sea  breezes  add  materially  to  the  comfort  of
the  inhabitants.
The  Dominican  Republic  has  an  area  of  19,-325
  square  miles  and  a  population  of  673,611,
mostly  blacks  or  mulattoes.  There  is  a  small
white  foreign  population,  numbering  perhaps
10,000.