300 



INDEX. 



Book (The Goldeu), the work of one 



of thy Disciples of Coufucius, 243 

 Borneo, a poisonous tr(?e of that 



island, 262 

 Boscaweu, Admiral, jjassage of, xxxix, 



34 

 Boscobel, 51 ; remains of the Royal 



Oak, where K. Charles II hid him- 

 self, respected, 51 (tobacco boxes, 



etc., made of them, 5 1 ) 

 Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, 258 ft scq. 

 Botanical gardens of Pamplemousses, 



376 ; at the Cape, 275 

 Botany Bay, Philli2:)'s voyage to, 366 

 Botany of Rodriguez, lii 

 Both's Bay, near Grand Port, 172, 206 

 Botos, vessels of goatskin, 166 

 Boucaue', 108, 141 

 Boucher, M. Desfcjrges, xxxix, 344 

 Boughs, float of, lb'8 

 Boiiggiuese, 237 

 Bouhier, M. le President, xxvi, xxxi, 



Ixxxviii 

 Boiiillon, Cardinal de, 260 

 Boullaye le-Gouz, Sieur de la, 68 

 Bourbon, Island of. or Eden, xviii, 3, 



41, 156, 201, 317. 319, 322, 339, 356, 



359, 369 

 Bourbon, Port, or Grand Port, 148 

 Bourgogue, province of, 1 

 Bourguiguois, xli 

 Boussole, compass, 108 

 Boutouneers, or Madurese, 237 

 Bouton, M., 376 



Bouttats, Gaspar, an engraver, 178 

 Bowls, game of, 104 

 Box wood in Mauritius, 372 

 Boyen, Floreut, father of Adrian VI, 5 

 Boyer (Isaac), xxvii, his country, 6, 



53, 115, 135 ; his death, 116 ; his 



epitaph, 116, 117, 129 

 Braam, van J., Kaart van het Eyland 



Mauritius, by, 146, 172, 197, 206 

 Brahma, or Rama, 68 

 Brain of shark, 96 

 Bramens, 68 

 Bramines, 234 



Branches, chajjel made of, 180 

 Brande, Ste., an island, 65, 66 ; St. 



Brandon, ib. 

 Brandeuburgh, Army of Elector of, 6, 



53 

 Brandt's monograph on Sireuia, 383 

 Brandy and tobacco, in token of peace, 



295 

 Brandy, distilled from fruit, 228 

 Brasile, Ananas of, 199 

 Brava, the port of, 314 

 Breaches, channels through the reef, 



112, 119 



Bread, ordinary of rice, 228 

 Bread, 57; value of, at the Cajje, 282; 

 given to Hottentots to work, 286 



Bread-Fruit Trees, 236 



Breakers, Brisaus, 47, 76, 113, 140 



Breams, 372 



Breasts of the Hottentot women, 

 292 



Bresil, 14 



Bresse, jJi'Ovince of, xvii, 1 ; good and 

 little, 127 ; obtained from Savoy, 

 ib. 



Brewer, Dr., Diet, of Phrase, 69 



Bridet, Lieut. , meteorologist at Bour- 

 bon, 36 



Brisans, quatre-viugt, the name of a 

 reef, 140 



Brisans, what they are, 47, 76 ; trans- 

 lated shelves, 47, 76, 113, 139 



Brisson, M., xliv 



British Association at Birmingham, 

 353 



British Museum, 373, 381 



Britain, south, oxen of, 280 



Broedelet, publisher, Ixi 



Broken alive on the wheel, slave, 181 



Bromdia, ananas, 198, 199 ; fastuosa, 

 199 



Brook, a great, in Rodriguez, 50 



Broth refused to sick prisoner, 161 



Briiggemaun, Dr., on corals, lii, 110 



Brunswick Beer, 228 



Bubble, to, 93 



Bubo madcyjascariensis, 344 



Buccaneers, 108, 193 



Buckler, glass bells a good, 95 



Buffaloes, at Java, commonly sold 

 by the butchers, 231, 232 



Buffettiug of pigeons and solitaire, 

 Hi 



BufFon, 45 ; Leclerc de, xxi 



Bufo mclanostictus, 214 



Bugey, et Bresse, xvii 



Buggese, inhabitants of Celebes, 237, 

 263 



Buildings, solid, overturned by hurri- 

 cane, in Mauritius, 170 



Buis, Bois de, 332 



Bulg'd, or bilged on sands, ship, 150, 

 152 



Bullet (of a cannon) sing'd a ser- 

 geant's beard at the Cape without 

 hurting him, 32 ; another like acci- 

 dent, ib. 



Bullets, 55 ; little strings of, worn by 

 Chinese, 257 



Bullock's collection, at Liverpool, 

 366 



Bullocks, oxen, 372 



Bulls, St. Helena, 300 



