Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S.Fly in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Asiatic Archipelago by J.
Beete Jukes.) LA POUCE MOUNTAIN.
On a former occasion I had made an excursion to the summit of La Pouce, a remarkable knob-like peak on the sharp crateriform ridge behind Port Louis.

Following a path, leading from the town directly to Wilhelm's Plains, one crosses a small stream and skirts the steep face of the hill over rough ground covered with burnt up grass, and straggling bushes.

To this succeeds a region of evergreens (among which the wild mango is the prevailing tree) where a species of monkey introduced many years ago into the island has taken up its abode.

I saw none, however, but occasionally heard their chattering as they hurried along among the bushes.

Where the path crosses the ridge, it widens out into a succession of rounded eminences, with the summit of La Pouce rising suddenly from its centre in a thumb-like form.