[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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A third day was de - [17] with messrs de la Bara[illegible]e and Eugene Graire voted to visiting the Pointe des Chateaux, the eastern extremity of the island which is at the end of a peninsula 20 miles long stretching out into the Atlantic Ocean toward the small island of Desirade from which it is separated by a strait 2 miles wide. Desirade and Marie Galante, the latter lying 20 miles to the south, are described as being composed of limestone like that forming Grande Terre. The Pointe des Cha-teaux is a rugged cliff rising vertically on the south, more gently on the north, to the height of about 70 feet above mean sea level. Like