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 .lal. whieh Peter Botte, and the Pouce e censpieu- i,.--.  features. Tle streets are laid out at right anles, the principal of which lead from the Chausste to the Champ de Mars, a plot of rassy land, about half a mile square, t! in. tervenes between the town 'and the hills. This is the promenade, the drive, the race course, and, in fact, the principal resort for the inhabitants. It is sialfred by houses, and gardens, and is a valuable acquisition to the town. The Chaues/e aud other streets are well furnished with useful shops, of which those of the Timan, the Dru- gist,' and the Co,oaimr t Padr, are the most numerous. The houses, enerally of wood, are irre4Bfiarly built, and far from being elegant in their .appear- ance; those, however, that have been lately structed by our countrymen have already the place an appearance of solidity, that it could not boast of before, and several stb- stantial stone dwellings and stores have lately been erected. The roads, for seven or eight miles out of the town, leadir o Pamplemousses, to Plains Wilhems and to Moea districts, are very good, and are kept in repair partly by Ma- labar convicts from India; but travell/ng beyond that distance is rformed in ptanquins, which o,g,,,zed by Goog|�

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