. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 52*19 0 to Z Feet. Depths. 3 toe Feet. 6 to 10 ieet. to Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. naturally enjoy a healthy climate but for the canals in the environs, which often get choked. A supply of water is brought by conduits from a neighbouring height fed by the Rorota rivulet. By far the greater part of the population consists of negroes, chiefly descendants of the freedmen who flocked to the place after the emancipation of 1848. But all the other races of the colony have their representatives in Cayenne. Most of the domestic servants are Creoles from Martini
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 52*19 0 to Z Feet. Depths. 3 toe Feet. 6 to 10 ieet. to Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. naturally enjoy a healthy climate but for the canals in the environs, which often get choked. A supply of water is brought by conduits from a neighbouring height fed by the Rorota rivulet. By far the greater part of the population consists of negroes, chiefly descendants of the freedmen who flocked to the place after the emancipation of 1848. But all the other races of the colony have their representatives in Cayenne. Most of the domestic servants are Creoles from Martinique ; the booths and stores are chiefly in the hands of Chinese hucksters, while the fish markets are supplied by natives of Annam. The harbour is accessible to vessels drawing 14 feet, but it is partly exposed, and the shipping has occasionally been wrecked by high tides occurring in rough weather. A lighthouse has been erected on the Enfant Perdu, a rock at the northern entrance. Formerly gardens and plantations abounded in the environs of Cayenne,
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