CONTENTS. 



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Section 1. The Madeira* «™™ — « — , , I 



- — - 2. The Canary Ftfaftlfa in imvu* 1 1 m i ■ wi^im! uutll ' u -i: L tL L 5 



- - - 3. Cape de Verd Islands ~~~^~~~~~~~~**~ 1 1 



- - - 4. South America 13 



- - - 5. Cape of Good Hope ^^^.^^.v*,.*^ 28 



- - - 6. East Coast of Africa ^v^^^^^*^^^^.^^^^^^^ 35 



- - - 7. Islands off the East Coast of A frica 44 



- — - 8. The Red Sea, or Gulph of ^raMri««„«„ wmTOW „«„„ 51 



- - - 9. Coast of Arabia, to the Persian Gulph^^ 77 



- - - 10. Gulph of Persia — — 83 



- - - II. Coasts of Persia, Scindy, and Guxerat «™****-*~106 



12. Coast of India from Qjiiifiny Ul UitmfHtjf M , IL i ■ i l ;LIUU L .Hfi 



13. Bombay ^^^^ — ™ 122 



- - - 14. Coast of Cancan wwwwww « WWM< ««» M .»,„ t » w 1 60 



- - - 15. Coast of Canara »vv ^ w » ww w ~ WWW x,. ww .^ www „ 1 65 



- - - 16. Coast of Malabar « »~ 1 70 



- - - 18. Coast from Cape Comorin to Madras ^^^^^^^^^^^2 1 0 



19. Madras — . ~ ^ 215 



20. Coast of Madras to Bengal „ . 241 



21. Calcutta . ™ ^ 2.54 



22. Bengal to the Malay Peninsula ^ mwxwx ^ta 



- - 23. Malay Peninsula arid Singapore ^ V J323 



- - - 25. c/at? a w w ww ^ ww w www ^ ww ^378 



- - - 26. The Eastern Islands — — — ^ „ w W ™39G 



- - - 27. Siam, Cochin China, and Tonquin „ **430 



28. China w , 450 



- - - 29. Japan* — — — ™ ™5ii 



30. Isle of France, St Helena, $c. , 527 



- - - 31. New Holland and Van Diemeris Land* w ««545 



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