awaiting us there and after [7] a short delay to watch the loading of the sugar cane on to the cars of the estate narrow railway which collects cane for the mill and ends at Belle Vue, we set out on the remaining part of our journey - From Pointe à Pitre to Belle Vue the road traverses a rather flat- country, much of which is devoted to the cultivation of the sugar cane, though great areas are still in a wild state. Toward Port Louis and on to Belle Vue, the acreage in cane predominates. 21-17-A Our three mile drive north- w and northeastward from Belle Vue lay through an abandoned estate whose land now lies fallow and then plunged us into the mangrove tangle.