CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER IV. 
An Account of the Island of Rodriguez, or Diego-ruis, Page ioo.—Its Situation, according 
to the Admirals Cornish and Kempenfelt, idem. —Extract from the Voyage of le Guat 
and his Companions, r elative to this Island, 102.—Circumstances of their Arrival there, 
103.—Their Establishment in this Island, 105.—Description of Rodriguez, 107.—The 
different Sorts of Trees of Rodriguez,-110.—Animals, 114.—Fish, 115. — Birds, parti¬ 
cularly the Solitaire , &c. x 17.—Inconveniences, 122.—Occupations and Employments 
of le Guat and his Companions there, 125.—Preparations for their Departure fronv 
Rodriguez, 127.—Their last Adieu to the Island of Rodriguez, 131.—Their Arrival at 
Mauritius, 133.—Their Residence on the Rock Island near the Coast of Mauritius, 138.— 
Observations of le Guat on Mauritius, 142.—Description of the Bird called Dodo or 
Dronte, 14 4. 
CHAPTER V. 
Historical Description of the Isle of Bourbon,—the Origin of its Establishment, Page 
146-—An Account of the Governors from the Year 1664, till the present Time, 147. 
—Extract of the Voyage of Rennefort in 1665, 148.—Voyage of M. de la Haye, in the 
Year 1670, &c. 150.—Account of the Isle of Bourbon, from the Discovery of it by the 
Portuguese, 152—Extract of the Narrative from M. Du Quesne, respecting this Island 
in 1690, 153.—Some Accounts of the Isle of Bourbon, by the Abbe Rayrial, St. Pierre, 
Rochon, Poivre, Admiral Kempenfelt, l’Abbe de la Caille, 155.—Observations on the 
Isle of Bourbon, by Admiral Kempenfelt, in the Year 1758, 159.—Observations on the 
Isle of Bourbon in 1763, by an Officer in the British Navy, 163.—By Captain Cas- 
tleton, of the Pearl, in 1613, 164.—Descriptions of the Hurricanes in the Isles of France 
and Bourbon, 171.—Idem, by M. Rochon, 172.—By M. Brunet, 175.—Account of 
these Hurricanes in the two Islands, taken from the Memoirs of the Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, 1754, 176.—Extract of a Letter from Pondicherry, 1787, taken'from the Jour¬ 
nals of the Isles of France and Bourbon, 180_Account of the Volcano of the Isle of 
Bourbon, by M. Rochon, idem. —Description of the same, by M. Brunei 1 , 181.— 
Observations on the Volcanoes of Vesuvius and Etna, to serve as a Comparison, 183. — 
The Agriculture of the Isle of Bourbon, by M. Poivre, 186. 
CHAPTER VI. 
Letters of Baron Grant, respecting the Isle of France, Letter II. in 1741, containing, 
first, his Description of the Island, 189.—Secondly, Account of the Life and Opera¬ 
tions of M. de la Bourdonnais, Governor of this Island, to the Year 1744* 19b. 
CHAPTER VII. 
The Letters of Baron Grant continued, Letter III. in the Year 1742, concerning the inte¬ 
rior State of the Island, Page 209.—Letter IV. in the Year 1743, same Subject, 212.— 
Letter V. in 1744,. same Subject \—Narrative of the Shipwreck of the St. Geran, and 
