PROVINCE OF SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS
_San Pedro de Macoris_, about 45 miles east of Santo Domingo City, is
one of the most modern and flourishing cities of the Republic. In
1885 it was merely a small fishing village, about that time sugar
plantations began to be established in the surrounding plains and the
town commenced to grow. To-day there are pretty houses, the streets
are clean and in good repair, the plaza has a handsome park and the
whole city wears a prosperous look. There are busy scenes on the
modern docks and in the harbor. Around Macoris, as in other parts of
the Republic, there are large numbers of beautiful graceful cocoanut
palms and royal palms.
The Province of Macoris is small and contains but one other town
worthy of mention, namely, _San Jose de los Llanos_, about 15 miles
northeast of Macoris, founded in the plains in the eighteenth century.
PROVINCE OF SEIBO
_Santa Cruz del Seibo_, 74 miles northeast of Santo Domingo, was
originally founded by Juan de Esquivel in 1502, but being destroyed by
an earthquake in 1751, was moved to its present location, to the north
of its old site.
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