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 in 
lets. Four almost parallel mountain-ranges ex 
ist within its boundaries, one peak, Mt. Tina, 
being 10,300 feet in altitude. These moun 
tains 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 moun 
tains 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.