, 1880-01-24

looking like nothing ever seen IN them be-
fore. In the mean time the Roseau River
had worked itself into q stream of mad
fury, OVERLOOKING its banks, carrying
rocks and large trees, andI threatening
destruction to the bridges over it and the
houses in its neighbourhood.
When the storm ceased-it lasted till II
mid-day-the roofs and walls OF the
buildings in town, the streets, pavement,
and doorsteps and b~ackyards were found
covered with a deposit of volcanic debris,
holding together like clay, dark grey in
colour and in some places lying more than
an inch thick, with small shining metallic
PARTICLES On the surface which could be
easily identified as iron pyrites. Scrap
ing up some stuff, it required only a slight
examination to determine its main cOnstitu-
ents, sandstone and magnesia, the pyrites
being slightly mixed, and silver showing it
self even smaller quantity. This is nfact the
composition of the volcanic mud thrown up
by the souffhriers at Walton Waven and in
the Boiling lake country, and it is found in
solution as we'll in the Lake Water. The
Devils Billiard Table within half a mile of
the Boiling Lake, is composed wholly of
this substance, which there assumes the
character of stone in formation.
Enquiries instituted on Monday morning
revealed the fact that, except on the south
east, the mud shower had not extended
beyond the limits of the town. On the
northwest, in the direction of Fond Cole
and M0rne Daniel, nothing but pure rain
water had fallen, and neither Loubiere nor
Pointe Michel had seen any signs of vol
canic disturbance. The direction of the
wind during the storm and some time after
east to west and sOuth-shOwed clearly
enough how the dust cloud had travelled,
but strange to say, Stamford which lay in
the wind current, and which sucks down
most of the rain that collects ON the sum.
NIT of Micotrin, had escaped the shower,
though the trees at C~unningham's which
runs lateraly, looked at l o'clock pm. as
i covered with hoar frost. The shipS rid
ing at anchor before the town (southwest)
were plentifully covered with the mud q
small sloop sailing into Martinique Chan.
mel, south Of the island, received some on
it's deck. At the village of Soufriers, now
ever from the Scots Head end of which
que commands a view of Martinique over
the Channel, and at the back of which are
numerous sOlfaterns and some sulphur
hills, nothing unusual was noted the
alum stream running through the village,
and which always over1ows at the sign of
volcanic action in the interior, not having
risen an inch above It's normal level.
But what happened at Poiuts Mulatre en-.
ables us to spot the locale OF the eruption.
Pointe Mula;re lies at the foot OF the raoga of
mountains on The top Of which the Boiling
Lake frets and seethes. The only outlet of
the Lake Is q cascade which falls into Que Of
the branches OF the Pointe Mulatrs River, the
colour and Temperature Of which, at one TINS
and another, show the existence or otherwise
Of volcanic activity 10 the Lake country.
The phenomena noted at Pointe Mulatre on
Sunday were similar to what wo Witnessed in
RosesD, but with every feature more strongly
marked the fall Of mud wss heavier, covering
al! the fields. the atmospheric disturbance was
greater. and the change In the appearance Of the
running water about the place more surprising.
The Pointe Mulatre River suddenly began to
run volcanic mud and water, then the mud pre-.
dominated and almost buried the stream under
its weight; and the odour of sulphur in the air
became positively oppressive. Soon the fish
10 the vater-brochst. came, msye, crocro,
mullet, down to the eel, the cray fish, the
loche, the tetar and the dormar-died. and
were thrown on the banks. The mud carried
down by the river has formed a bank at the
mouth which nearly dams up the stream and
threatens to throw it back over the low.lying
lands Of the Points Mulatre estate.
The reports from the Laudat section of the
Boiling Lske district are curious. The Bache.
lor and Admiral Rivers and the numerous
mineral springs which arise 10 that part of the
island are ali running a thick white food like
cream milk, the face Of the entire country, from
the Admiral River to the Solfatsr Plain has
undergone Some portentous change which tie
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