422 



INDEX. 



" Remarques Historiques," par Fres- 



chot, xxviii, Ixxix 

 Remedies, simple, of natives, 294 

 Rcmora Echineis, the sucking-fish, 97 

 Renewing of the Moon, feast and 



dance of Negroes at, 297 

 Rent, none imposed on refugees at 



the Cape, 284 

 Reprisal, 133 ; for vessel and sails, 156 

 Republick blest by heaven, Holland 



a, 138 

 Republick of Letters, xxx ; its in- 

 habitants imitate the brokers, Pref. 

 Republick in Rodriguez, 52 

 Republics, little sorts of in S. Africa, 



295 

 Requins, fish ; the vulgar opinion of 



this fish criticiz'd upon, 97, 322 

 Reserves, the, 203 



Resinous gum of the Colophane, 152 

 Restoration of Solitaire, li ; of Geant, 



359 

 Reunion, Island of, xviii, 3, 34, 36, 42 



ct seq., 82, 178, 195, 210, 349,368, 



373 ; Consul at, 174; discover_y of, 



308 c« seq. 

 Revelation, 268 



Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1 

 Revolution at Bourbon, 3 

 Rhd, Isle of, 5 

 Rhinoceros, in the Isle of Java, 232 ; 



at tlie Cape, 279 ; is the only 



unicorn, ib. ; fables told of it, ih. ; 



its shape like an elej^hant's, ib. ; 



has but one horn, ib. ; the hair of 



its tail is black, harsh and large, 



?b. 

 RhinocTictus, 370 

 Rhodes, commander of, 310 

 Rhone, the river, xvii, 127 

 Rhijtina, of Behriug's Island, viii, 



xiv, 74, 381 : skull of, 382 

 Ribero, Diego, famous pilot, 308 



ct seq. 

 Rice, common, and the bread of 



Java, 228 

 Rice, at Bourbon, 44 ; Batavia, 228 ; 



the Cape, Mauritius, Rodriguez, St. 



Helena, 299 ; sent to Rodriguez, 



152 

 Rice, supplied by sea-oflficers, 166. 175 

 Rice birds, 210 

 Richelieu, Cardinal, xvii, 22 

 River birds, 369 

 River, Black, 146, 174 

 River entrances in Mauritus, six 



enumerated, 146 

 River, great, at Batavia, Javanese 



campougs on, 261 ; little, in Rodri- 

 guez, 50 



Rivers so filled with fish that one 

 can't swim over them without 

 touching, 43, 59, 60 



Rivier, Ananasse, Dieppe, Paling, and 

 Swarte, 146, 148 



Riviere Chau.x, 147 



Riviere, des Angudles, du Post, 146; 

 Tabac, 203; Profonde, 206; Noire, 

 367 



Riviere Noire, Piton de la, 146 



Rivulets in Rodriguez, 59 



Rix- dollars, Dutch money, equiva- 

 lent of, 154; four paid as wild- beast 

 tax, 281 



Road, old Dutch, from Port Louis to 

 Flacq, 149 



Roads for shii^ping, at St. Helena, 

 299 



Roan, or Rouen. 6 



Robben (Isle), its situation, 29, 272 

 et seq. ; improperly namd by the 

 French, 274 ; Origin of its name, ib. 



Roche, Michael de la, xxxii 



Rochefort, criticis'd ujjon, 15, 16, 

 17, 68, 89; "History of Antilles," 

 by, 199, 292 



Rochelle, 18 



Rochon, the Abb j Alexis, on position 

 of Ste. Brande, 66 



Rock of Exile, 159, 165, 172 ; of 

 Zochelot, 190 



Rocks and Shoals passed safely, 139 



Rocks, chains of, 109; and reefs, ib. 



Rocky Island, 327 



Rod of reeds for flogging slaves, 181 



Rodolfe, Roelof, or Rudolphe Diodati, 

 148 



Rodrigo the Cid, 121 



Rodrigo (Isle), 4; its situation and 

 extent, 48, 50 ; a plan of the ad- 

 venturers' habitation, ib.; tempe- 

 rateness of the air, 57 ; description 

 of that island, ib., etc. ; though 

 there was neither bread nor wine, 

 yet we made good cheer there, 105; 

 memoirs at, 190; eight kings of, 

 129 



Rodriguez, xix, xxxvii; discovery of, 

 47, 308; tortoises at, 184, 378; ex- 

 tinct fauna of, 320 et seq. ; ge'aut in, 

 210; rats and mice in, 212 ; reefs 

 of, 109; Relation de, 320 et seq. 



Roe-buck, at the Cape, 278; in full 

 course, 290 



Roman Catholics; Clergy, 257; Errors 

 of, 100; Liberty of conscience to, 

 225; public worship by, disallowed 

 at Batavia, 225 



Rome, 54, 124 



Ronde Island, 214 



