CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Introductory Note - - - - - - xi. 



Preface -------- xv. 



A Voyage round Africa. 



I.— St. Paul's Rocks 1 



II. — ^Fernando de Noronha - - - - 11 



III. — Itaparica, Bahia - - - - - 21 



IV.— South Trinidad ----- 37 



v.— Martin Vas ------ 59 



VI.— Tristan da Cunha - . . - 63 



VII. — Dassen Island ----- 70 



VIII. — Mozambique Channel and Comoro 



Islands ----- 82 



IX. — La Foret d'Ambre, Madagascar - - 93 



X.— Glorioso Island - - - - - 100 



XI. — Assumption Island - - - - 107 



XII.— Aldabra Island - - - - - 114 



XIII.— SeycheUe Islands - - - - - 125 



A Voyage to the West Indies. 



XIV.— Martinique - - - - - - 139 



XV. — Grand Cayman Island - - - - 144 



XVI. — Little Cayman Island - - - - 152 



