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second and
the principal object in 21
Stopping in Guadeloupe was to
visit again the Grande Soufrière
and its fumaroles, to compare
the condition of the latter with
museum
the observations made in 1903
and 1908. Hence, M. de La Ron-
cière and I left Pointe à Pitre
at 6 o'clock of the morning of
19 February by the autobus which
carries the mail daily to ~~the~~
town of Basse Terre, forty miles
~~distant by road~~ which is
on the Caribbean
side of the high island of the same
name. The colonial highway
crosses the Rivière Salée on
a pontoon/drawbridge [see p.4]
Basse Terre island as far as
known is entirely volcanic
in origin (dimensions