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INDEX. 



Montfaucon, Dom. Bernard de^ xxxi, 



Ixxix 

 Monticola crcmita, xlv. See Solitary 



Thrush 

 Montpellier, University of, Rondelet 



at the, 98 

 Mou Tre'soq-, in Mauritius, 376 

 Monument (A) left by the Hollan- 

 ders in Isle liodrigo, 52, 110 ; by 

 the Adventurers, 127 ; by the 

 same upon their Rock of Banish- 

 ment, 190 

 Moon (The) worshipp'd by the Ne- 

 groes at the Cape, 289, 297 

 Moor-hens, 209 



Moors (The) at Batavia, 236, 270 

 Morality, Principles of, inculcated by 

 Chinese Philosophers, 246 ct seq. 



Morgan, E. Delmar, xiv, Ixxi; 25, 51, 

 65, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, Qi^, 67,68, 

 69, 70, 74, 78, 81, 82, 85, 86, 90, 91, 

 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 103, 104, 107, 

 108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 120, 134, 

 140, 143, 150 ; Supplementary Note 

 on the Dugong, 379 et seq. 

 Morgan, Sylvanus, his "' Sphere of 

 Gentry," 51 



Morne Brabant, the, S.W. Cape of 

 Mauritius, 144 



Moses, laws of, concerning Charity, 

 243 



Mould of Iron, into which the female 

 children of the Chinese have their 

 feet put as soon as they are born 

 to hinder their growing large, 

 253 



Mount Limon, in Rodriguez, 120 



Mountain, Green, at Ascension, 300, 

 301 



Mountain, of the Devil, 30, 31. 272 ; 

 of white Stone, in St. Helena, 298 



Mountains, Bamboo, 147 ; Tamariu 

 and Savanne, 146 



Mourners {Chinese) at Funeral 

 Ceremonies, 255 



Mozambique, serpent stones from, 

 234 : Portuguese navigators at, 309 

 et seq., 314 



Muddiness of the sea beyond Cerne, 

 3U2 



Mugil, 322 



Mules, 209 



Muller Eugene, Librarian of the 

 Arsenal, Paris, xxxv, 2, 6, 22, 45, 

 49, 74, 115,123, 145 



Mullet, 10, 205, 322 



Multitude (The), a wild Beast, Ixxv 



Mum, or Beer from Brunswick, 228 



Munden, Sir Richard, St. Helena 

 i-ecaptured by, 298 



Mimia oryzivora, rice-birds, 210 

 Murie, Dr. J., Memoir on Sirenia, 383 

 Murray, Mr. John, on Coral Reefs, 



109 

 Murraya exotica, 332 

 Murther, punished by death, 295 ; 



with a slow fire, 171 

 Mus Alexandrinus, 347 

 Musa paradisiaca, 199 

 Musffium Italicum, Ixxix 

 Muscat Vines, at the Cape, 276 

 Muscles, eaten by Hottentots, 290 

 Museum, British, 371, 376 

 Museum, of Anatomy and Zoology at 



Cambridge, Frontispiece, Pref., 



Introduction, 357 

 Derby, at Liverpool, 366 ; 



National, of the Netherlands, 359 ; 



Leverian, 366 

 Muskets, 55; Hottentots killed by, 295 

 Musketoes, 372 

 Musick of the Chinese perfect 



Discord, 252 

 Mustard, 56 



Mutinous, Hottentots not, 296 

 Mutton, extremely dear at Batavia, 



231 

 Myoporum Mauritianum. 327 

 Mysticetcs, true whales, 22 



N. 

 Nails, 55 

 Namur (John), a soldier of the 



Garrison of Isle J/aurice, 157 

 "Nan-Hua," the, a Chinese classic, 244 

 Nantes, edict of, and revocation of, 1 

 Napoleon, 376 

 Napoleon and the British sailor, 164, 



185 ; fall of, 221 

 Nares' " Glossary," 93 

 Nassur Sultan, wreck of the, 1 

 Nasty tree, the, 69 

 National Museum of the Netherlands, 



359 

 Nations which inhabit ^ata^'a, 236; 



different at the Cape, 295 

 Natte de toile de Latanier, 188 

 Natural History, of the Antilles, 17, 



69 ; of Bible, 76 ; of Ceylon, 75 

 Natural History Museum, South 



Kensington, 97, 381 

 Naturalists, commonly so-called, 24 

 "Naturalist's Voyage," Darwin's, 109 

 Nature effects a miraculous cure, 162 

 " Nature,"' the journal, 39, 74, 109 

 Naucrates ductor, 97 

 " Navigatio Vartomanni," 24 

 Navigation, successful, for seven 



mouths, 302 



