ADDENDA ET COErJGENDA. 



p. 5, note 2, for " Andrian VI" read "Adrian VI". 



P. 6, line 16 and note 2. ^^ Jean Pagni, thirty Years old, a Convert and 

 Patrician of Roan." Add to note, "In the above passage is a curious mis- 

 translation. The original text is: — 'Jean Pagni, age de 30 ans, Proselyte, & 

 Praticien a Rouen,' i.e., a Convert and Practitioner (of law) at Rouen." 



P. 16, note 1, line 2, for " ce font" read "ce sont". 



P. 21, note 2. Add, " Froger and Moore mention the Pelican under this 

 name, saying it is of the size and colour of a Goose. Le Maire describes it as 

 twice as big as a Swan, with a bill a cubit long, and with a craw •which lies 

 under its throat like a bag, adding, he swallows fish entire though as large as 

 a middling carp. Cf. Froger's Voyage au Mer du Sud: Moore's Travels into 

 the Inland parts of Africa: Le Maire's Voyage to the Canary Isles; quoted in 

 A new general Collection of Voyages and Travels, by Astky, 1745. Vol. ii, 

 p. 356." 



P. 22, note 2. After " Eugene MuUer", add " op. cit., p. 28." 



P. 23, note 1. Add, "In the Dutch Edition, the taste of the Hollanders has 



been consulted by substituting for M. Godeau's elegant lines the metrical 



Dutch version of the well-known verses in the 104th Psalm, beginning at the 



24th verse: — ' Lord how manifold are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made 



them all There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan ; whom thou 



hast made to take his pastime therein.' " 



P. 26, note, line 7, for "the Challenger in 1874" read "the Challenger 

 touched here in 1874". 



Pp. 38-39. Note on Tramontane, for "II ne plus pouvoir", read " II ne plus 

 pouvoit". 



P. 39, lines 13, 14. Add below, note, "Sweet Odour of Land. M. de 

 Cossigny, who was Governor of the Isle of France in 1791, and (according to 

 Grant) 'a man full of knowledge and philanthropy', states in his Voyage a, 

 Canton (1799) : — ' On approaching the Isle of France, you must keep to 

 windward, because the port, which is frequented by the larger vessels, is to 

 leeward : when the wind is not violent, the air is embalmed with the perfumes 

 of flowers, with which the trees of the island are covered. The same odours 

 are perceived along the island of Ceylon, when the winds blow from the land. 

 This effect was falsely attributed to the cinnamon tree, which forms a part of 

 the forests of this island, as its flowers have a foetid smell. The effluvia from 

 the laud are carried by the winds very far to sea ; and sometimes produce 

 very sudden and unexpected effects. I saw one of this kind, which is not 

 very uncommon. A German soldier, a jsassenger on board of our vessel, about 



