276 E. 0. Homy— New Cone of Mont Fele. 



cone was about the same elevation as on January 9; during the 

 next six or eight days it had risen 275 feet, and in another 

 month (April 4, 1903) it had gained another 132 feet, or more. 



The author's observations of the mountain and its surround- 

 ings in 1903 extended from February 17 to March 1 inclusive, 

 and from March 19 to April 3 inclusive, together with a per- 

 fect view of the cone from a sloop becalmed off St. Lucia on 

 March 15. The new cone itself was seen at sufficiently close 

 quarters for productive study on February 17, 19, 20 and 21 

 from St. Pierre and elsewhere on the southwest side and as far 

 up the mountain as Morne St. Martin at an altitude of 500 

 meters (1,61:0. feet), directly in front of the Y-shaped gash in 

 the crater walls ; on Marcli 21, 25 and 26 from the crater rim, 

 when fully three-quarters of the circuit of the crater was 

 made ; on March 28 from the Grand Eeduit on the Morne 

 Eouge — St. Pierre road ; on March 29 from Morne des Cadets 

 and from St. Pierre ; on March 30 from the heights north of 

 the Precheur river and then all along the coast back to Carbet ; 

 on March 31 and April 2 from the observatory at Morne des 

 Cadets, and from the steamer "Pubis" off St. Pierre on the 

 later date ; and on April 3 from the steamer " Yare " en route 

 to Dominica."'^ 



The rim of the crater is irregular in height, rising from 1,070 

 meters (3,510 feet) beside tlie head of the Riviere Blanche 

 gorgef to 1,210 meters (3,969 feet) beside the basin of the Lac 

 des Palmistes, and it culminates in the remains of the rock- 

 mass of Morne Lacroix, which the author determined at 1230 

 meters (4,034 feet) as the average of two readings of his aneroid 

 barometer taken five hours apart on March 21, 1903.:}: North 



* The author also spent twenty-four hours on or near the summit plateau 

 (i. e., the Lac des Palmistes basin) February 27 and 28, but the dense fog 

 and rain which caused his guide to lose the way, prevented the making of 

 any observations of the cone. Almost the only note made during that 

 unwilling night's sojourn on the mountain was a negative one — no sound of 

 detonation or grumbling came through the ground to the author's ear during 

 the twelve hours of darkness when he was lying in a gully for shelter from 

 the fierce gale. It does not follow, however, that no explosions took place 

 during this period ; the tremendous wind would have prevented almost any 

 sound from traversing the atmosphere contrary to it. 



fin June, 1902, Mr. Curtis and the author assumed the crater (see Bull. 

 A. M. N. H., xvi, p. 352; this Journal, IV, xiv, p. 337) as beginning at 

 a rock mass jutting from the south side of the gorge at 3,350 feet (1.021 

 meters). March 26, 1903, this rock-mass was not observed, and the slight 

 turn in the rim marking the beginning of the crater was at the altituda 

 given here (1,070 meters). The rock-mass seen June 24 and 2(3, 1902, may 

 have been partly undermined and removed by the intervening blasts and 

 the remainder so covered with mud as not to be noticeable from fifty yards 

 above. 



X June 20, 1902, Mr. Curtis and the author made Morne Lacroix to be 4.200 

 feet (1,280 meters) above the sea. (Bull. A. M. N. H., xvi, p. 352. This 

 Journal, IV, xiv, p. 337.) Much of the mass of what was seen then has dis- 

 appeared and the height lowered 166 feet. 



