CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
The Course by the East of Madagascar, during the Period that the South-west Monsoon 
prevails in India, extracted from M. d’Apres, with important Surveys on the Coast of 
Madagascar, St. Marie, &c. 338. 
CHAPTER XV. 
The Course, on leaving the Isles of France and Bourbon, to proceed to India during the 
South-west Monsoon, Page 346.—The Course from the Cape of Good Hope to India, 
during the South-west Monsoon, passing to the East, and in sight of the Island of Rod¬ 
riguez, 349.—-Voyage to India, during the North-east Monsoon, 351. 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Extracts from the Registers of the Royal Academy of Marine, March, 1775, Page 353.— 
On the Archipelago to the North and North-east of Madagascar, 356.—On the Chart of 
the Islands and Dangers situate to the North and North-East of Madagascar, between the 
fourth and eighth Degrees of South Latitude, and sixty-eighth and seventy-fifth of East 
Longitude, 357.—Introduction to a Chart of the Ethiopian Sea, 361. 
A CHART OF THE ETHIOPIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Extract of the Life of M. D’Apres de Mannevillette, Page 363. 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Letter XII. of Baron Grant, in the Year 1753, containing some Details on the Isle of 
France, 370.—Journal of the Voyage of Abbe de la Caille, from the Cape of Good 
Hope to the Isle of France ; his Journey and first Operations in this Island, 371.—Brief 
Description of the Isle of France, by the Abbe de la Caille, 377.—Continuation of his 
Journal, 379. 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Astronomical Observations made on the Isle of France, &c. &c. in the year 1753 , by the 
Abbe de la Caille ; extracted from the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Page 
380.—Astronomical Tables of the Observations and Calculations respecting the Distances 
of the Tropics from the Zenith, by the Abbe de la Caille, 383, 384.—Observations on 
the Variation of the Needle,, during the Course of three different Passages, in his Voyages 
to the Cape of Good Hope, and to the Isles of France and Bourbon, 385.—Observations 
on the Latitude and Longitude, by the same, 386.—Observations of the Longitude of the 
Island of Madeira, by the Eclipses of Jupiter’s Satellites, observed by M. Bory, Lieute- 
