York City one will find on the map the island of Haiti or Santo Domingo, considered one of the most beautiful in the world, lying directly between Cuba and Porto Rico to which it is intermedi ate ih size as well. It is some 400 miles in length and 170 in width, but of very irregular shape. The total area is over square miles, or a little less than that of Ireland. There are, a number of dependent islets, some of considerable size but of little value to day, though a few thousand people manage to eke out a precarious exist: ence on the island of Gonave in the bay of port-au-prince.