. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. REUNION. 51 of Pointe des Galets. But this place ofPers few facilities for trade, and is moreover frequently exposed to the so-called " vent de St. Gilles," a sort of back-current from the regular monsoon, sweeping round from the east to the west side of the island. A harbour of refuge, however, has lately been constructed at a cost of no less than £2,700,000, to the north of St. Paul, under the shelter of the Pointe des Galets. The basin, which is accessible to the largest vessels frequenting these waters, has an extent of over fort}- a
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. REUNION. 51 of Pointe des Galets. But this place ofPers few facilities for trade, and is moreover frequently exposed to the so-called " vent de St. Gilles," a sort of back-current from the regular monsoon, sweeping round from the east to the west side of the island. A harbour of refuge, however, has lately been constructed at a cost of no less than £2,700,000, to the north of St. Paul, under the shelter of the Pointe des Galets. The basin, which is accessible to the largest vessels frequenting these waters, has an extent of over fort}- acres, with a depth of 26 feet. This port is Fig. 17.—St. Pieree. Scale 1 : 12, Easb oF Green. Sb'sa'iO" nepths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 Feptand upwards. 550 Yards. conveniently situated towards the centre of gravity of the productive parts of the island, where it is least exposed to the violence of the cyclones. Some of the blocks used in constructing the sea-walls weigh as much as a hundred and twenty tons. South of St. Paul follow the half-deserted towns of St. Leu and St. Louis, and beyond them the prosperous seaport of St. Pierre, with a well-constructed harbour and solid breakwater enclosing an outer basin 30 to 50 feet deep. Here is the terminal station of the coast railway, which describes a curve of 75 miles round half the periphery of the island through St. Paul, the Pointe des. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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