The National geographic magazine . 238 The National Geographic Magazine in all directions to the sea, except to-ward the south, where its constructionalslopes meet those of Carbet and forma neck of land. This general plan ismodified, however, by bold strokes ofnatures erosive carving, whereby thesurface is cut into numerous radial di-vides and canyons. The crest is a steeper hill surmount-ing larger piles composed of top was a truncated loaf, in thesummit of which is a bowl-shaped basin,the floor of the old caldera, which hasexisted since prehistoric time. Aroundthis rim bowl was a
The National geographic magazine . 238 The National Geographic Magazine in all directions to the sea, except to-ward the south, where its constructionalslopes meet those of Carbet and forma neck of land. This general plan ismodified, however, by bold strokes ofnatures erosive carving, whereby thesurface is cut into numerous radial di-vides and canyons. The crest is a steeper hill surmount-ing larger piles composed of top was a truncated loaf, in thesummit of which is a bowl-shaped basin,the floor of the old caldera, which hasexisted since prehistoric time. Aroundthis rim bowl was a circle of pointedhills, of which Morne La Croix, thehighest, stood about 200 feet above thecaldera floorupon its southwestern the floor of the caldera was a lakecalled LEtang de Palmistes. It meas-ured 150 meters in circumference, andvaried in volume. This floor of thecaldera was covered with pumiceoussoil, beneath which were mud andboulders of pumice-stone. The perimeter of Pelee where it meetsthe sea, except from the sou
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