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Guadeloupe is separated into two islands, one of 

 volcanic origin, uneven and mountainous, the other 

 low and flat, without even a hill. A narrow creek 

 divides them — a shallow, salt passage, called the 

 Riviere Salee. The banks of this creek are lined 

 with mangroves ; and it is one of the hottest places in 

 the West Indies, as my shooting excursions verified. 

 Point a Pitre is situated at the southern mouth of this 



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salt river. It is regularly built, with broad, straight 

 streets, with a fountain in the center of a square, a 

 fine cathedral, and many good houses. Here is, also, 

 one of the largest usz'nes, or factories for making sugar, 

 in the world, second only to the largest known — that 

 of the khedive of Egypt. 



What strikes the visitor with surprise is the new 



