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generosity, and I wish to express my hearty thanks to him, to 
Mrs. Johnson, and to his brother, Mr. George Johnson, for their 
unfailing interest and generosity. 
While at Rosalie, which lies on the windward coast, opposite 
Roseau, I was able to take a run up the Rosalie Valley to the 
divide, which I had reached from Laudat, so that in this way I 
traversed the diameter of the island from Roseau to Rosalie. In 
addition to this I made only very brief excursions in the imme- 
diate vicinity. I was, however, able to examine with some care the 
strand vegetation here, and see, at close quarters, the very strik- 
ing modelling of the vegetation on the windward exposures due 
to the constant and severe action of the prevailing wind. The 
forms taken by the forest cover are almost grotesque, as ¢. g. 
when the winds sweep up a steep narrow valley and at its head 
spread out in various directions against the mountain slopes 
above. In looking at these wind-swept areas the impression 
received is of a low dense brushy vegetation, lying closely ap- 
pressed to the ground, whereas it is really a forest, the cover of 
which is thus molded. 
While at Rosalie we experienced the hurricane of the night 
of August 8-9, which did severe damage in Martinique, and by 
no means little destruction in Dominica. We suffered no especial 
discomfort, although much damage was done on this, and muc 
more on neighboring estates to the south. 
We returned to Roseau on August 10, and for several days I 
did only a little work in the immediate vicinity of Roseau, since 
it was anticipated that the steamer on which we were to return to 
New York might call at any hour. Telegraphic communication 
from Dominica was destroyed, and we were in total ignorance of 
the outside world. 
On the 14th and 15th I made an excursion into the interior ot 
the island to the region of the Trois Pitons, along a road, recently 
improved by the government, the Imperial Road. I went as far 
as “Sylvania” the estate of the Administrator, Mr. Bell. From 
this point I got again into deep forest, and here I found that 
many trees as well as great numbers of branches had been blown 
down by the hurricane. This gave me a splendid chance to 
