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CHAPTER XII. 



Alphonse Island — Pearl-shell — Providence Island — Method of planting 

 Cocoa-nuts — Edible Turtle — Flora — Red Coral — Cerf Islets— 

 St. Pierre — Du Lise Island — Flora and Fauna — Erratic Stones on 

 Coral Reef — Glorioso Island — We sail for Mozambique Island — 

 And sight East Coast of Africa — Trade at Mozambique — 

 Inhabitants — Caju — Shells of Foreshore — The Survey concluded 

 — Homeward Bound — Cape of Good Hope — Egg of the Efiiornis — 

 Arrival at Plymouth 230 — 245 



General Index . 246 



Index of Natural History Terms 253 



