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“...ST. LUCIA i79
At Vieux Fort, where the first sugar works were estab-
lished in the island in 1765, there is another central
sugar factory, and the extension of the trip to this place
gives the visitor an opportunity of passing round the base
of the two conical mountains known as the Pitons, or the
Peaks, which form prominent landmarks on the leeward
coast.
Some writers have stated that the Gros Piton
resembles the main peak of the Canigou, near Arles in the
Pyrenees; but unlike the St. Lucia peaks, that moun-
tain is quite destitute of verdure and rises to a far greater
height. The Gros Piton is certainly not unlike the Pic
du Midi. It is said to be 2,619 feet high, and the Petit
Piton 2,461 feet. The Gros Piton is comparatively easy
to climb, but untU 1878, the smaller Piton was uncon-
quered by man. In that year a M. Lompré succeeded
in ascending it, and it was ascended again in 1885 by
Mr. Charles de Brettes, who two years later conducted
the then Chief Justice...”
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