CONTENTS. 
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of Virginia, according to M. de St. Pierre, 214_Letter VI. in the Year 1745, con¬ 
taining an Account of the Grenville Family, 217.—Interesting Circumstances relative to 
Colonel Grenville, 219. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
The Letters of Baron Grant continued, Letter VII. in the Year 1746 ; containing some 
Account of the Island, Page 223.—A further Account of the Operations of M. de la 
Bourdonnais, 225.—Letter from M. Orry, Minister of the Navy, to M. de la Bourdon¬ 
nais, 228.—Letter of M. de Bourdonnais to the Directors of the East India Company, in 
the Year 1746, 234.—Important Letter of M. de la Bourdonnais to M. St. Martin, Go¬ 
vernor of the Mauritius, per interim, from the Isle Marotte in the Bay of Antongil, at 
Madagascar, 242.—Letter of M. de la Bourdonnais to M. Dupleix, 249. 
CHAPTER IX. 
The Account of the Operations of M. de la Bourdonnais continued, Page 253.—He makes 
the Siege of Madras, 257.—Capitulation of Fort St. George, and the Town of Madras, 
in. the Year 1746, 262. 
CHAPTER X. 
Letters of the Baron Grant continued. Letter VIII. in the Year 1748, containing Obser¬ 
vations on the Island, Page 282.—Third Epocha of the Operations of M. de la Bour¬ 
donnais, to his Death, 282. 
CHAPTER XI. 
Letters of Baron Grant continued, Letter IX. in the Year 1749, containing Accounts of 
the Animals in the Isle of France, Page 295.—Hunting, 296.—Circumstances respect¬ 
ing theMaroon Negroes, Slaves, &c. 297.—Arrival of M. David, who succeeded M. 
de la Bourdonnais as Governor-general, 298.—The Island threatened by Admiral Bos- 
cawen, 299.—Ill success of the latter, 300. 
CHAPTER XII. 
Some Account of the Island of Madagascar, from the Observations of Admiral Kempenfelt, 
Page 30r.—Curiqus History of a Princess of Russia, at Mauritius, extracted from the 
Letters X. and XI’. of Baron Grant, in the Years 1750 and 1751, and from the Secret 
Memoirs of M. Duclos, 305. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Instructions for sailing to India by the- Isles of France and Bourbon, Page 309.—An Ac¬ 
count-of- the Winds that prevail in the Eastern Seas, 316.—A Memoir on the Archipe¬ 
lago, and the Dangers to which ships are particularly subject, to the North and North- 
East of Madagascar and Mauritius, by M. d’Apres de Mannevillette, 318. 
