the  IJland  of  Sumatra.  179 
a palm  with  flabelliform  leaves,  which  grows  abundantly 
on  the  fmall  iflands  to  the  Eaftward  of  Madagafcar, 
called  in  our  charts  Mahi,  See.  and  by  the  French  Les 
IJles  de  Sechelles.  To  thefe  iflands  the  French  have  fent 
a large  colony,  and  planted  them  with  clove  and  nutmeg- 
trees,  as  they  have  likewife  the  iflands  of  Bourbon  and 
Mauritius. 
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Vol.  LXVIII. 
