[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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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