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Carl Guadeloupe [[circled]]spine of mountains [[/circled]] River Salée, only stream connecting Caribbean Sea & the Atlantic Ocean. Point-à-Pitre is supposed to be named for Pieters, a staunch Dutch seaman who landed in 1654. Its site would certainly be a sailors choice compared to Basse-Terre; well protected good docks, ^[[yacht]] clubhouse & wharf in sheltered cove./ Mitchell says it "seemed a flat colorless place, rows of shuttered houses drab & inhospitable in the hot sunshine. Nor was it very clean. He was there Sat. aft. when business closed up yet he says "children from nearby school" gaped through doors & windows of place he lunched (restaurant) [[line]] Children no clothes below top piece (p. 111) No, I wanna go the bathroom. Herewith all the great out-of-doors to go, they just go. Eng. colonies bottoms are covered, boys pants & girls dresses, in French neither in Basse Terre saw some symbols of Communism. / [[underlined]] Food on p. 114[[/underlined]] Says "Fresh fish are a luxury in most West Indian settlements, difficult to purchase ^[[p. 115 [[?bottom]] his best remarks about old women in [[?]]]]