412 



INDEX. 



" Mammalia, Recent and Extinct," by 

 Mr. Scott, 74 ; marine, extermina- 

 tion of, ib. 

 Man, senL back to the school of beasts, 

 80 ; man was made for woman, and 

 woman for man, 121 ; men alone 

 and women alone are but part of 

 themselves and imperfect, 125 



Man, or Manne, Manna, celebrated 



food of Israel in the desert, 285 

 Manati, see Lamentin, 74,379, 380, 

 383 



Manche, La, 18 



Mandarin orange, 197 



Manevillette, M. de, thehydrographer, 

 66 



Mango, 200, 230; without a stone, 230 



Mangos, a fruit of the Isle of Java 



of divers kinds, 230 

 Mangosteen, 201 



Mangrove, le paletuvier, 69 



''Maniere de celebrerle Mariage", 125 



Man-of-war bird, or frigate bird, 83, 

 299 ; roost, ih. 



Manu, Institutes of, 264 



Manuscripts, those whereof cata- 

 logues are to be seen in the Diarium 

 ItaUcum of P. de Montfauan. ai'e 

 but of sn^all consideration, Pref-, 

 Ixxxi 



Mapou Bay, 173 



Mapou tree, 201, 202, 325 



Mappa mundi, 310 



Maps, list of, is 



Maps of the sixteenth and seventeenth 

 centuries, 309 et scq. 



Marcel, M. Gabriel, x, 18 



Mardykears, or Papangars, 236 



Mare aux Songes, 367, 369 



Mare aux Vacoas, 367 



Marechal, the Duke of Luxembourg, 

 164 



" Mai'iage, manifere de celebrer," 125 



Marianne I., xxxiv, xsxix, 159, 325 



]\Iarine library, xxxiii 



'■ Marine Mammalia, Extermination 

 of," Newton on, 74 



Marine office, xxxix 



Mariners, Portuguese, 234 



Marinette, or Boussole, 108 



Markham, Clements R., President 

 Hakluyt Soc, xiv 



Maroon negroes, 203 



Marot and de Beze, version of Psalms 

 by, 12, 283 et seq. ; Clement, ac- 

 cused of atheism, 284 



Marquis du Quesue, xvii, 2 



Marriage, at Java, 267, 268 ; of 

 Chinese, 252 ; at the Cupc, 296 ; of 

 solitaires, 80 



Marriage, a divine institution, 125 

 Mars, the expedition, at Ascension, 



300 

 " Marseillaise", of the Camisards, the 



283 

 Marshall, Capt., 1 

 Marsh- birds, gigantic, of the Masca- 



rene Is., 359 et scq. 

 Marsh-birds, red flamingos, 15, 365, 



368 

 Martin, the (Acridotheres tristis), 211 

 Martinez, Pico, 11 

 Martinifere, Bruzen de la, Geographical 



Dictionary by, xxvi 

 Martin- Vas's Isles, 4, 15, 21 

 Mary, Queen, at Greenwich, 32 

 Mascaregna, description of that 



Island, 2, 4, 33, 39, 41, 45 et seq., 55, 



156 

 Mascaregne, xviii 

 Mascareue genera, 201, 324 

 Mascarene, Islands, discovery of, 3, 



41, 308 ; frogs or toads in, 214 ; 



tortoise, 71 ; waters, 73 

 Mascarene, Islands, ancient fauna of 



the. Appendix C, 341 ; Appendix 



D., 359 

 Mascarenhas, Don Pedro, 41, 308 ; 



Las, xviii, Ivi 

 Mascarille, 46 

 Maskeljme, Prof., lii 

 Mass of steep rocks at St. Helena, 



300 

 Mast Island, 326 

 Mat, grand, de hune, main top-mast, 



3U3 

 Mathurin Bay, 324 

 Mathuriu Port, in Rodrigiiez, xxxviii, 



10, 102, 113 et seq. ; Mathuriu 



Sanson, a famous pilot, 10 

 Mats, vacoa, for j^acking sugar, 188 

 Matthew, St., quoted, 139 

 Matting of rofia palm, or rabannes, 



188 

 Mattresses, 186 

 Maurice, 33, 34, 36, 41, 215 ; the 



island of that name is above 160 



leagues from Isle Rodrigo, 106 ; 



description of Isle Maurice, 195 ; 



few tortoises at, 184 

 Maurice, Prince of Nassau, 195 

 Mauritius, Pref. xxi, 34, 41, 60, 65, 



67,70,81, 141,144,148,337 et seq. ; 



Governor, of, 127 

 " Mauritius and its Dependencies", by 



C. Pridham, 144 

 Mauvettes, 328 

 Meal, of rice, 175 

 Measurements of gigantic tortoises, 



376 



