aside at an angle of the [33] trail to get the magnificent view commanded by an outlook shelter overlooking the gorge of the Matylois, the bowl- shaped crater of La Grande Citerne and in the distance the maze of peaks comprising Vieux Fort. From this point the trail ascends rapidly through low bushes to the open slope at 500 feet above Bams James which is thickly covered with wild pineapple and luxuriant moss. Flowers are abundant here, among which we no- ticed with particular pleasure a pretty little white orchid of terrestrial habit. The trail The trail reaches the base