82 
[1671 
Description 
Burnt There is a district nam’d the pays brusle which contains 
country. 
four leagues or thereabouts where the fire has pass’d ; 
all there is melt’d, & the matter resembles that of a 
smelting foundry or slag. They find there all sorts of 
figures, compos’d of matter which has guttered down. 
This fire always extends a little. This burnt country is 
situated to the South-South-East of the Island. 
Mountain. From a mountain, named Red Mountain , situated at the 
east point of the island, as far as the settlement nam’d 
Saint Denis , all the country is flat,—the whole containing 
18 leagues or thereabouts in length, & in breadth from 
the sea coast as far as the mountain, either one, two, or 
three leagues, according to the localities. 
Inhabitants. All these lands hereabouts in general are good for 
settling & for plantations. ’Tis where the settlements of 
the French are, who are about one hundred persons, as 
many French as blacks, including the women & children, 
not that they inhabit all this country, not sufficing for a 
hundredth part of it. 
Settlements There’s a settlement at a place named Saint Paul , 
of the /j |p rf * w hi c h is not included in the territory of which I’ve spoken 
above, where there are only three French people who 
there cultivate a settlement for the King. This place of 
St. Paul is one of the best places for sport in the Island & 
one of the most beautiful. 
The Commandant & the inhabitants of the Island lived 
there for a long time. There’s plenty of room for people 
in this place and its environs. 
The principal settlements of the Islands are— 
Sainte Susanne , where the greatest portion of the inha¬ 
bitants of the Island is. 
Saint Denis , distant five leagues from Sainte Susanne . 
There are also inhabitants here; ’tis where the Governor 
makes his principal residence. 
Saint Paul , of which I have spoken ; & Saint Gilles. 
