On the other side of the point of Fort Balaguier is Le tamarin, or Tamaris, consisting chiefly of pretty villas in luxuriant gardens full of palms and orange trees.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
I observed that two such hillocks between tamarin Bay and the Great Black River; they were nearly twenty feet high, about two hundred yards from the present beach, and about thirty feet above its level.
"Coral-Reefs"
Darwin, Charles
The 21st, we endeavoured to get into the road of tamarin, the chief town of the island, but from contrary winds were unable to get there till the 25th.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII."
Robert Kerr