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in Camp Jacob . Our two [31
negro porters were on hand for
their service and at ten o'clock
we reached Bains James.
This is a favorite place of resort
1500 feet above St Claude or
3000 feet above the sea, where
a warm spring gushes from the
mountain side in the midst
of the dense tropical forest.
A pool some fifty by fifteen
feet in area and about five
feet deep at the maximum
has been walled formed by
building a wall. The water is only tepid
now and de La Ranciere says
that its temperature has de-
creased noticeably within the
last ten years - without leaving
actual figures at hand, his