CONTENTS 
GENERAL MAP OF MAURITIUS. 
CHAPTER I. 
Observations on the Harbours of this Island, Page i.—Exact Dimensions of it, 2, 3. 
—Directions for making the Island by the Port Louis, 3, 4.—Directions for making the 
Island, by an English Navigator, 5.—Observations by Captain John Blake, 5.—Remarks 
Port Louis, 6.—Letter from Captain John Blake, respecting Port Louis, 7.—PLAN 
OR MAP OF PORT LOUIS, 8.—Details on the Isle of Tonneliers, and Fort 
Blanc, 10.—Port Bourbon, 12.—General State of the Air through the Year, 13.— 
On the Climate of Mauritius, by M. le Gentil, 14.—Geographical Positions of the 
principal Points of the Island, and the Height of the Mountains, 16.—First Settlements 
in the Island by the Portuguese, 17 ; by the Spaniards, 19 ; by the Dutch, idem ; by the 
French, 27.—List of the Governors of Mauritius, from the taking Possession of the Island 
by France, in 1715 and 1721, down to the present Time, 29. 
CHAPTER II. 
The Soil, Page 32.—Natural Productions of the Island, 33.—Agriculture, according to 
M. Poivre, 34.—Trees natural in the Island, 36.—Trees and Plants, &c. brought from 
the North Part of Madagascar, by M. Rochon, in the Year 1768, 32.—Exotic Plants, 
brought into the Island, according to M. de St. Pierre, 48.—The vegetable and fructiferous 
Plants, 50.—Garden Flowers, 51.—European Trees, 54.—Foreign ornamental Trees, 
idem.— FruitTrees,5s .—Marine Productions,—Fish, 57.—Shell-fish, 60—Madreporae,63. 
—Ambergris, 64.—Native Animals, 65.—Animals brought into the Island, 69. 
CHAPTER III. 
Manners of the Inhabitants, Page 72.—Accounts of the Blacks, 74.—The Theory of the 
Island, and of its Caverns, 76.—Observations on the Isle of France, by M. le Gentil, 
R. Academician, concerning the Ground of the Island, of the Mountains, the Rocks, 
the Coasts, &c. 12.—Luminous Globes, See. 90—On the Agriculture of the Isle of 
France and Bourbon, by M. le Gentil, 92.—Iron Mines at Mauritius, 94.—Coffee, 95. 
—Nutmegs and Cloves, 98. 
