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DRS. T. ANDERSON AND J. S. FLETT ON THE ERUPTIONS OF THE 
a full view of it (both of whom were eye-witnesses), elicited the fact that on 
Friday, June 6th, disturbances were noticed more than once in the course of the 
forenoon in the water about the entrance of the lagoon, the appearances being 
described as a rippling or bubbling. 
Major Bayly had, in consequence, gone out to the spot that morning, when, by 
using a thermometer, he ascertained that there was no rise of temperature in the 
water. He was good enough to convey Dr. Anderson in a boat to the exact spot 
where the ripj^ling had been observed, when it was found to coincide with the 
shallow bar across the mouth of the lagoon, over which the water had a depth of only 
4^ feet, which fact was verified by sounding. 
Further inquiries from the chief boatman to fhe Customs elicited the fact that 
on the morning in question, which was also that of one of the eruptions of Montagne 
Pelee, the level of the water in the carenage rose and fell repeatedly, at intervals of 
about 12 or 15 minutes, to a height of about a foot. 
We conclude that there is no reasonable doubt that the currents set up over the 
bar by this small tidal wave were the cause of the disturbance in question, and 
that it had no connection with any local volcanic manifestations. 
Dominica .—After our visit to Martinique we proceeded to Dominica, where it was 
reported that anxiety had been felt regarding the condition of the Boiling Lake 
and the Grand SoufriHe. In December, 1901, a young man who was on a tour 
through the islands and a Dominican boy were killed at the lake. Since then it 
had been visited several times, and was found to be more active than usual. 
Mr. C. F. Branch, at the kind request of the Administrator, undertook to conduct 
Dr. Flett there, as the guides showed some unwillingness to face the journey. 
Under his energetic and able guidance this was successfully accomplished. 
The road from Bozeau is by Laudat, a settlement in the mountains above the town 
at an elevation of 1585 feet. We left before dawn, and rode along a good though steep 
and winding path. As the sun rose over the hill-tops and broke through the mists 
which hovered over the ridges the scene was one of superlative beauty. The river 
foaming in its deep ravine, the craggy, richly-wooded slopes, the waterfalls over which 
the mountain rivulets threw themselves into the valley, and the dark, dense, tropical 
forest which clothed the island, were such as Dominica can show better than anv 
other of the Antilles. Every here and there a pulf of steam would rise from 
among the trees, the sign of a hot spring or Soufri^re, of which there are many 
in Dominica, so many that the atmosphere in Bozeau is often redolent of suljjhuretted 
hydrogen. 
After leaving Laudat we struck a path through the woods, and crossed several 
streams before we emei’ged on the top of the narrow ridge, in which the central 
mountain range of the island culminates. Its altitude is 2930 feet. From this 
we descended into a valley on the eastern side. At the head of this lies the Grand 
