CONTENTS. 
XV 
Negroes imported from the Coast of Africa — A Frenchman's Hu- 
manity to a Cargo of Slaves — Treatment and Condition of Slaves in 
the Brazils — Advantages of this Country over the West htdia 
Islands — Reflexions on Slavery — Discouraging System of the Portu- ' 
gueze with regard to the Brazils— -Valuable Productions of — Treaty 
of Commerce between England and Portugal — Deplorable State of 
the Spanish Colonies — Dangerous Doctrine of revolutionizing South 
America — Bahia, Rio de "Janeiro^ and St. Catharine' s, three im- 
portant Points on the Coast of Brazil — Strength of Rio, and jnilitary 
Force - - ' - - - - - - - -103 
CHAP. VI. 
THE ISLANDS OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND AMSTERDAM. 
Advantageous Situation of Tristan da Cunha — Description and Di- 
mensions of the Island of Amsterdam — Crater — Other volcanic 
Appearances — Thermal Springs — Boiling Fish in them — Sharks^ 
Observations on the digestive Powers of the Stomachs of Animals'—^ 
Birds taken on the Island — Plants — Proofs of its being a new 
Island — Examples of new Creations — Theories of the Earth— -Seal- 
Catchers found on the Island - - - - - - *37 
CHAP. VII. 
THE STRAIT OF SUNDA AND ISLAND OF JAVA. 
Comparison between the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro and the Strait of 
Sunda — Swallows' Nests — Arijerie Point — Number of Sharks — 
T wib of Colonel Cathcart — The Thousand Islands — The Fabrics of 
marine Worms — Coral Islands more favourable for Plants than those 
of volcanic Origin — Bay of Batavia — Site of Batavia — Bad Taste 
of the Dutch — Description of Batavia — Population — Great Mor- 
tality — Temperature — Diseases — Productions of fava in the mineral 
and vegetable Kingdoms — Cocoa, Mangostan, Mango, Rambootan, 
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