The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-07-03

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Columbus made sail for neighboring
island of larger size, ON which was a
remarkable mountain. One peak. which
proved to be the crater of a volcano.
rose TO great height. with streams of
water gushing from it. As they APP
preached within three leagues, they be
held a cataract of such stupendous
height that. to use the words of the
narrator, it seemed to be falling from
the sky. To this island, which the ma
tives called Turuqueira, the Admiral
gave the name of Gaudeloupe having
promised the monks of Our Lady of
Gaudeloupe, in EStremadura. to call
some newly discovered place after their
convent,
And right here, in front OF you, looms
up the same remarkable mountain.
with its cataract apparently falling
from the sky. and the broad plains and
lofty heights of Tuuqueira, Just as
Columbus saw Them more than four
hundred years ago: only you do not see
much of it from the deck OF the Pointe-
a-IItre coaster, which arrives OFT Basse
Ierre little before daybreak. Indeed.
few are So fortunate as to have everseen
Gaudeloupe' 5 mountain OF La >outtuere
entirely unveiled. even on brightest
mondays. The lower and wider of its
TWO craterS is often clearly visible
showing awful peaks and chasms hun
dreds of feet deep; but out of it rises a
second cone perpetually shrouded in
clouds and mystery.
Vt precisely . y. NJ. a gun bo0ms from
the fort of Basse-Terre: and slmultane-
ously the Cathedral bell is heard. sum
moning good citizens to prayer. The
shore is hidden by an impentrable wall
of fog, which seems to grow momen-
tarily thicker: but through it you can
hear a perfect babel OF tongues and
know by that token that the market
people are congregating on the beach.
After an hour OF two purple mountains
emerge from the gloom. backed by clear
| blue sky; and presently lower slopes of
gTeenish-yelloW cane appear; and finally
the town. emboWered III tamaIind trees
and tall palmstes. within stones
throw of the anchorage. The port
| fronts the roadstead on the open sea,
for BaSse-Terre has no harbOr worth
mentioning Along the beach under a
row of trees. stretches the market
i place with crowd of canoes drawn up
in front to be unloaded. In the centre
| of the market is q fountain. fed from
mountain streams, surrounded by cir
| Gle of magnificent tamarinds. To this
fountain all the serving of the
place come to fill their jars with the
! pure cold water for household supplies.
and the scene is full of color and ami
nation from gay petticoatS of every
hue. gorgeous bandana- turbans and the
noise of laughter and conversation
Ones first impression of Gaudeloupe
women is that their heads are all set on
sideways, from the queer fashion they
have of putting up their hair in bob
over the left ear. The prospect is emf
nently cheerful, but is marred by the
consciousness of ever present peril.
Close by, on a lonesome bluff, is the
cholera cemetery, and to its forest of
black wooden crosses great many adj
ditions are made every year: while the
Souffrerie giant that frowns over all
though just now apparently asleep, has
many times shown an alarmingly threat
ening humor. Smoke by day and flames
by night are frequently seen above its
upper crater, and the terrible earth
quake of 1913 proves that age has by
no means abated his capacity for mis-
chief. The grim fact is, the whole twin
island is unsafe, for during the above
mentioned earthquake, the other PENN
sula- fiat, sandy Grande- Terre-fs Jared
even worse than this volcanic side, an(
Pointe-a-P jtre, on the farther edge OF
the other half, was completely destroy
ed.
Basse-Terre is the larger twin, and
its port of the same name is the CAPT
tai of both, with IA, 900 inhabitants. Its
substantial looking houses are all OF
stone, though neither large nor preten
tious; its wide, well-paved streets run
ming parallel with the shore, crossed al
right angles by Others that slant up into
the hills. The government buildings are
in the upper part of the town, with a
massive stone fort in front and rive
on either side. They surround three
sides of ravine which is bordereG
10y mighty palmistes and has an ele
CANT bronze fountain in the center