 The authorities wished to open new concessions in the Cirque of Salazie, which was done in 1830, but also in the heart of La Plaine-des-Palmistes and of the Plaine des Cafres, which happened in 1834.The farmers considered that their parcels extended up to the summit of the island's highest mountain, so that all the concessions met at a single point.Since this latter interpretation did not correspond to the physical reality of the terrain, the administration created a new distinction between the expressions "sommet des montagnes" ("summit of the mountains") and "sommet de la montagne" ("summit of the mountain"), which it had hitherto used interchangeably.