Fumerolles Colardeau first [49] Came into notice in 1902, after the eruptions on Martinique and St. Vincent began. These vent fumerolles never were vig- orous enough to destroy much vegetation around their vents. Now a gentle column of steam indicates their position and their activity certainly has not in- creased since 1908. South of the Grande Soufrière and separated from it by a con- [50] whose peak is [560] feet above the western paratively shallow valley, rises base of the Soufrière cone. The older volcano known as L'Échelle, of the L'Échelle side of the saddle between the two moun- tains, in line with the Grande Fente, active fumerolles broke out in the late spring of 1902, or at any rate were first so-