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We had made a thorough inspection of all the neighbouring islands, beginning with Mariegalante, and had looked into Point-a-Pitre Harbour on the Grand Terre without making any discovery, when, one evening, while beating up under the south side of Desirade, we espied a schooner at anchor near the shore and directly under the guns of a fort.
Their answers bore out what the skipper had already told me. I therefore concluded that the news was true, and accordingly released the felucca, with a strict caution that he was to proceed forthwith on his voyage to Mariegalante the island to which he was bound and on no account to attempt to re-enter the harbour of Fort Royal, under penalty of instant recapture.
The eastward half, or Grande Terre, which is composed of marine strata, is hardly seen in the island voyage, and then only at a distance, first behind the westward Basse Terre, and then behind other little islands, the Saintes and Mariegalante.
The islands of St. Peter and Miquelon were given them as a shelter for their fishermen, but without permission to raise fortifications. The islands of Martinico, Guadaloupe, Mariegalante, Desirada, and St. Lucia, were surrendered to France; while Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, were ceded to England.
Among the smaller islands of the West Indies, the following islets are entirely calcareous, according to M. Cortes: Mariegalante, La Desirade, the Grande Terre of Guadaloupe, and the Grenadillas. According to the observations of that naturalist, Curacoa and Buenos Ayres present only calcareous formations. Bartholomew, St. Martin, and St. Thomas; 4th, those which have volcanic rocks only, as St.
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