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A few more days were spent in getting some knowledge of 
ways and means, and in reconnaisance in the vicinity of Roseau, 
which lies at the mouth of the Roseau valley, at the head of 
_which, on a ‘‘flat’’ at some 1,500 feet altitude lies the scattered 
native village of Laudat, which was the center of our work of 
the ten days from June 29 to July ro. 
The flats on which Laudat is situated, lie at the base of one 
Fic. 23. Papaw tree (Curica Papaya) in a garden, Soufriére. 
of the chief mountains of the island, Mont Micotrin, otherwise 
known as the Lake Mountain, or by the creoles of the region as 
Mont Macaque. I ascended this peak, which has an altitude of 
about 3,000 feet, on June, 30, in the company of Matson Rolle, 
a most intelligent and efficient guide, upon whom I learned to 
depend with every confidence. 
