HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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" August 25. We measured the base, which we found to be one thousand nine 
hundred and fifty-six fathom. 
£t 26. We observed the angles at the extremities of the base. 
<s 27. I proceeded to the western termination of the base of Id Savanne. The 
canoe conveyed me beyond Cape Brabant , where I placed a signal; from thence' 
I passed to the post Jacotet , and slept at the western signal of this base. 
“ 28. It rained throughout the day, and following night. In a momentary inter¬ 
val, I saw the signal that M. Desny had been to place on the Biton de Fouge. I 
slept at the post Jacotet. 
“29. I made observations at the point of the arm of the sea des Citroniers, at 
that of Saint Martin , and at the point du Corail; and I arrived at the tent under 
the Morne Brabant , after having passed the cape in a pirogue, and part of the 
remaining way in a canoe. 
“ 30. I made observations at the hill of Fouge , and returned to the tent under 
the Morne Brabant. 
“31. We encamped at the arm of the sea called Tamarin. We passed under 
an arch of stones, where the soldiers practise a kind of baptism on those who pass it 
for the first time. We arrived at the tent after a journey on foot, through very 
difficult ways, which occupied seven hours and a quarter. 
“ September 1. We passed over the plain of Flicq en Flacq, and measured a 
base there. 
(i 2. M. M. Godin and Desny squared the base. I returned in the pirogue to 
the north signal of the base of the Morne Brabant , from whence I could not see the 
extremity of that of Flicq en Ilacq: I slept at the foot of the mountain of the Little 
Black River. 
“3. M. Godin and Desny measured the base. I ascended the mountain of the 
Little Black River, where I suffered four hours constant rain. The weather be¬ 
coming more clear, I observed my principal angles, and descended. It was eight 
in the evening before I had passed the woods, and arrived at the place where I had 
passed the preceding night. 
“ 4. I returned in the canoe to the tent at Tamarin. In the afternoon I made 
my observations at the two ends of the base at Flicq en Flacq. 
“ 5. I proceeded to make observations on the Morne of the Black River, from 
which I descended with great difficulty, from the slippery state of the herbage, and 
