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nant in the Royal Navy, compared with those of the Abbe de la Caille, in the Isle of 
France, by M. de Lille; Extracts of the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, anno 
1754, 387- 
CHAPTER XX. 
Extract of the Life of M. l’Abbe de la Caille, Page 390. 
CHAPTER XXI. 
Extracts from the Observations of M. le Gentil, Royal Academician, respecting the Southern 
Hemisphere, &c. in a Series of Letters to M. de la Nux, Royal Academician, at the Isle 
of Bourbon, Page 398.—On the high Seas, 399.—Sea Birds, 400.—On the Voyage to 
China, 401.—Navigation from the Isle of France to Cadiz, 404.—Inclination of the 
Needle of the Compass in the Indian Sea, 406. 
CHAPTER XXII. 
Extracts from the Letters of Baron Grant; Letter XIII. relative to the Isle of France, 
Page 410.—Observations on India,—Pondicherry, 411. 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
Extract of the Life of Hyder Aly Khan, &c. Page 422. 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Extracts from the Correspondence of Baron Grant, during the Years 1755, 1756, 1757, 
175.8,1759;—Letter XIV. Page440.—Letters XV. and XVI.—and Extract from General 
Lally’s Instructions, given him by the French East India Company, 441.—Remarks on 
a Memorial of the French East India Company, delivered to the Count d’Ache, Chef 
d’Escadre, &c. in the Year 1756, 443—On another Instruction to the Count d’Ache, 
in 1757, 444.—Instructions given by the Directors of the East India Company to the 
Governor of Mauritius and Bourbon, 24th of May, 1761, 445.—Letters XVII. and 
XVIII. of the Correspondence of Baron Grant, 447.—Further Extract of the History of 
India, during the seven Years War, 448. 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Summary of the Life of Count de Lally, Page 4^5.—Journal of Expeditions in India, under 
the Command of Count de Lally, 456.—Report of the Siege and Conquest of Pondicherry, 
by the English, in the Year 1760, 461.—Condemnation and Execution of the Count de 
Lally, 462. 
