CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 
CH APTER VII. 
Occupations at Vacouas. Hospitality of the inhabitants. Letters from England. Re- 
fusal to be sent to France repeated. Account of two hurricanes, of a subterraneous 
stream and circular pit. Habitation of La Perouse. Letters to the French marine 
minister, National Institute, &c. Letters from Sir Edward Pellew- Caverns in the 
Plains of St. Pierre. Visit to Port Louis. Narrative transmitted to Englan d. Letter 
to captain Bergeret on his departure for France. - - Page 439 to 455 
CHAPTER VIII 
Effects of repeated disappointment on the mind. Arrival of a cartel, and of letters from 
India. Letter of the French marine minister. Restitution of papers. Applications for 
liberty evasively answered. Attempted seizure of private letters. Memorial to the 
marine minister. Encroachments made at Paris on the Investigator's discoveries. 
Expected attack on Mauritius produces an abridgment of Liberty. Strict blockade- 
Arrival of another cartel from India. State of the public finances in Mauritius. 
French cartel sails for the Cape of Good Hope. - 456 to 477 
CHAPTER IX. 
A prospect of liberty, which is officially confirmed. Occurrences during eleven weeks 
residence in the town of Port Louis and on board the Harriet cartel. Parole and cer- 
tificates. Departure from Port Louis, and embarkation in the Otter. Eulogium on 
the inhabitants of Mauritius. Review of the conduct of general I3e Caen. Passage 
to the Cape of Good Hope, and after seven weeks stay, from thence to England. 
Conclusion. - - - - - - - 478 to 496 
APPENDIX. 
No. I. 
Account of the observations by which the Longitudes of places on the east and north 
coasts of Terra Australis have been settled. - - - 498 to 511 
No. II. 
On the errors of the compass arising from attractions within the ship, and others from 
the magnetism of land; with precautions for obviating their effects in marine sur- 
veying. - - 512 to 532 
No. lit 
General Remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis, By 
Robert Brown, F. R.S. Acad. Reg. Scient. Berolin. Corresp. Naturalist to 
THIS VOYAGE. 533 
