Notes 
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Bellanger de Lespinay , p. 47. ‘ L’isle de Mascaregne au rapport 
de gens qui y ont demeur6, qui avoient pour gouverneur de la part 
de la Compagnie un nomme Regnault, Parisien . . . 3 —M. Froidevaux 
mentions some Memoires of Regnault as still extant. * Memoire 
contenant les advis de ce qu’il conviendroit de suivre pour l’establisse- 
ment considerable que le roy desire faire en Pisle Bourbon, et son 
utilite, redige par Etienne Regnault (Archives Coloniales, Corres- 
pondance generate, lie Bourbon, registre No. 1) depuis le mois 
d’aoust 1665 jusques en juin 1671.’ Vide Guet, op. cit. pp. 77, 78. 
P. 23. Remora. — Echineis remora , Linn. Sucking Fish. Cf Leguat, 
op. cit. p. 97. 
P. 24. M. de Preaux Mercy. — Vide infra , p. 25, and Introduction , 
ante , p. xxi. Cf Rennefort, op. cit. part ii. liv. iii. chap. v. 
P. 24. Sea Turtle comes a-shoar, because of the sandy Ray.—Sea- 
Tortoises. Vide Leguat, op. cit. p. 500. In original £ Ce Lieu de S. Paul 
est oil la Tortue tariff a cause de PAnce de Sablel The word ‘ tarir 5 
is sometimes used by Dubois to signify a turtle laying its eggs in 
the sand and elsewhere (les femelles qui tarissent, vide p. 80) to 
come to shore, or of ships making the land— 6 nous fusmes tarir 
vis-h-vis de la Province des Matatannes. 3 
P. 25. Province of the Matatannes.—The name of Matitanana is 
still preserved on the S.E. coast of Madagascar, where a consider¬ 
able river of that name drains a populous district of Taimoro tribe, 
now named by the Hovas Vohipeno. Vide Oliver’s Madagascar , 
vol. i. pp. 267-268—416 ; enters the sea in Lat. 22 0 24' 25". 
Fort Dauphin—Bay Dauphine.—Fort Dauphin, in 25 0 1' 36" Lat., is 
known to and pronounced by natives as ‘ Faradofay. 3 It is situated 
on the southern headland of Taolanaro Bay or Dauphin Cove—the 
opposite headland to the north being Itaperina Point, a mile distant, 
There is a good anchorage inside the reef at Fort Dauphin Point. 
Dr. Catat’s illustrations (reproduced at pp. 5, 26, 49) faithfully repre¬ 
sent the mins left on the site of the old French fortifications. The 
casemates, however, probably date from the time of Comte de 
Maudave in the last century, although the gateway and ramparts 
may date from the time of de Flacourt and Mondevergue. Vide note 
to p. 4. 
P. 25. M. de Mondevergues. — Francois Lopis Baron de Barles, 
Marquis de Mondevergue, Governor of Chateau-Regnault and Gin- 
champs, was appointed Governor of the Islands Dauphine and 
Bourbon by Louis xiv. in 1665, with rank of Admiral. According to 
Froidevaux, he was entirely ignorant of colonial affairs, and failed 
completely in Madagascar, suffering disgrace on account of others 3 
faults as well as his own. ( Memoires de Lespinay , p. 32, note 2.) 
Cf Memoire, du 8 Mars 1669, sur 1’etat de la Compagnie Orientale 
h Fisle Dauphine et aux Indes. ‘ L’expedition mal preparee, mal 
conduite, mit la compagnie en danger. Partout on a fait des fautes 
. . . h Madagascar, dissipation des fonds et des vivres, fausses 
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