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P. 82. The ‘Pays Brusle.’—The area within the vast amphitheatre 
formed by the cliffs surrounding the active volcano is still named 
‘ le Grand Brule.’ 
P. 82. Red Mountain.—Still known as le Piton Rouge above the 
Pointe des Cascades, near Ste. Rose. 
P. 82. Population.—Population, in 1893, amounted to 166,000. 
P. 82. Settlements at Saint Paul.—The first inhabited place was 
that called la Caverne in 1662. Later, houses were constructed at 
le vieux Saint Paul by the lake, until finally the modern Saint Paul 
was established at the foot of the Bernica. Vide ante , note to p. 4. 
P. 82. Sainte Susanne.—A commune now containing 8000 inhabi¬ 
tants. 
P. 82. Saint Denis.—The chief town of the island, now containing 
36,000 inhabitants. 
P. 82. Saint Gilles.—A village in the commune of St. Paul, now 
a resort for sea-bathing. 
P. 83. Antacques.— Vide Richardson’s Dictionary. ‘Voavontaka, 
a shrub with edible fruit, Brehmia spinosal 
P. 83. Voesmes.—Voa means seeds or fruits of all kinds. The 
Creole term ‘ Boemes,’ is used in Mauritius for the beans Delichos 
Catiang ; a kind of Dholl. 
P. 83. Ambericques.—Equivalent to the Creole ‘ Ambrevates,’ also 
a Dholl, Cajanus fiavus. ‘ Amberivatry,’ the pigeon-pea, on whose 
leaves the silkworm is fed. Vide Richardson. 
P. 83. Ouvy Foutchy.— Vide Richardson’s Dictionary. ‘Ovy,’ a 
generic term for yams, ‘ fotsy,’ white. ‘ Ovifotsy,’ a species of edible 
yam, Dioscorea , sp. 
P. 83. Oumimes.—Vomanga (?). Another kind of Patate. Flacourt 
states, p. 113 : 4 Des ignames il y en a de plusieurs sortes sgauoir les 
Ouuifoutchi , qui sont les plus excellentes, les Soabei , les Camp ares, 
& les Ouuiare. . . . Les Oumimes sont petites racines grosses 
comme le poulce qui sont font bonnes a manger.’ 
P. 84. Ouvys mennes or Patates.—‘ Ouimena,’ Ovy and mena = red. 
The Batatas rubra. 
P. 85. Fruits of the Island.—Nearly all the fruits of the world have 
been introduced and cultivated in Reunion. Vide Maillard, op. cit. 
p. 201. 
P. 86. Vangasecs.— Vide ante , note to p. 63. 
P. 86. Sieur Regnaud.—Probably Regnault. Vide ante , note to 
p. 23. 
P. 91. Parrot of Isle Mascaregne, now extinct. Illustration of head 
of Mascarinus duboisi (full size) from specimen in the Paris Museum. 
— Vide Appendices C and D. 
P. 92. Province of Antongil and Galemboulle.—In Sanson’s map, the 
reader will notice the Baye de Manghabei ou d’Antongil, north of 
Isle de St. Marie ; whilst on the east coast, south of the same island, 
is marked the district of Guallenboulou. M. Grandidier gives the 
