CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Introductory Note - xi. 



Preface ... - - xv. 



A Voyage round Africa. 



CHAP. 



I.— St. Paul's Rocks - - 1 



II. — Fernando de Noronha - - - 11 



III. — -Itaparica, Bahia - 21 



IV.— South Trinidad - - 37 



v.— Martin Vas - - 59 



VI. — Tristan da Cunha 63 



VII.— Dassen Island 70 



VIII. — Mozambique Channel and Comoro 



Islands ... 82 



IX. — La Foret d'Ambre, Madagascar 93 



X.— Glorioso Island 100 



XI. — Assumption Island 107 



XII.— Aldabra Island - 114 



XIII.— SeycheUe Islands- 125 



A Voyage to the West Indies. 



XIV.— Martinique - 139 



XV. — Grand Cayman Island - - 144 



XVI. — Little Cayman Island - - - 152 



