ASCENT OF THE GUADELOUPE SOUFRIERE. 323 
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 
Riviére Salée. 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 & Pitre is situated at the southern mouth of this 
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POINT A PITRE. 
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 wszes, 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 xew 
