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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