INTRODUCTION. vU 



The fumtnk of the mountain called les trois 

 Saiajfes^ is reckoned to be fixteeo hundred 

 fathoms above the level of the fea. This 

 mountain ftands nearly in the centre of the 

 ifland. 



The principal place in the ifle of Bour- 

 bon is called St, Dennis, It is in this town 

 that the governors of the colony refide. 

 That celebrated aftronomer the Abbe de la 

 Caille found^ by aftronomical obfervatioDj 

 that it lies in lat* 2o° 51' and long- 55® 10' 

 caft from the meridian of Paris, 



The difficulty of landing at St. Dennis 

 has caufed a kind of bridge to be invented, 

 which extends a good way into the fea, 

 and is raifed fo high above its level as to be 

 out of the reach of the greateft farges. 

 From the extremity of this bridge hangs a 

 ladder of ropes, and fmall vefTels approach 

 in fuch a manner that tliofe who wifh to go 

 on fhore can lay hold of the ladder, at the 

 a 4 moment 



