INDEX 1 
* Acajous, fruit (cashew), 86. 
* Accouchement of women of Madagas¬ 
car, 53. 
*Affouche or wild fig, 75. 
Africa, 9. 
Agulhas, Cape, 21. 
*Air of Madagascar, 48. 
-of Mascaregne, 75. 
Alives, 67. 
*Alquierre of Rufisque, 11. 
Amber, black, 68. 
Ambergris, 9, 68. 
*Ambericques, vegetables, 83. 
Amethysts, 68. 
* Ananas, fruit (pineapples), 85. 
Ancients, The, 8. 
*Andravois, 25. 
*Anglois (English) possess the Island of 
St. Helena, 101. 
*Anguilles, eels of Mascarenne, 75. 
^Animals, Familiar, in Island of Bour¬ 
bon, 75. 
-are guests among the Banjans, 46. 
*Anosse, province of, Madagascar, 25, 37, 
65, 69. 
*Antacques, small beans, 83. 
*Antongil, province, 73, 92. 
Aquamarines, 68. 
* Arabs in Madagascar, 36. 
*Arbre, marvellous tree in Isle of Ferro, 8. 
Arpenti, L’, the saw-yard near La 
Rochelle, 106. 
Arquebuzes, 38. 
Arums, Water, 84. 
^Ascension, Isle of, 102. 
Assores, Isles of the, 103. 
^Augustin, Cape of Saint, 4, 36, 40, 72. 
Autigny, Sieur d’, 33. 
*Baignans or Banjans, rich merchants, 
46, 47, 98. 
*Bananas or Adam’s figs, 63, 85. 
Barbary, Shores of, 9. 
Barbault , the ship, 93, 99. 
^Bathing or Baptism of those who have 
not yet passed the Equinoctial Line, 18. 
*Baytsileau, chief of Madagascar (Bet- 
sileo), 50. 
*Beasts (cattle) of Madagascar, 64. 
Beaulieu, Captain, 33. 
*Beef and oxen of Madagascar, 64. 
Beliche, the devil, 59. 
Belle Isles or Bellelles (shells), 68. 
*Benjoins, gum-trees of Madagascar, 74. 
*Black men respect the Whites, 52. 
Blanc, Cape, 9. 
*Bl£d de Mascarenne (Mascarenne corn), 
83, 87. 
*Bl£d de Turkie (Indian corn, or long 
millet), 83. 
Blue birds, 80. 
Boars, Wild, 9. 
*Bois in Isle of Bourbon (woods), 74. 
*Bonne Lame. Hooker commanded by 
Sieur Chanlatte, 93. 
Boucassin, 81. 
^Bourbon, Island of, or Mascarenne, its 
description, 74. 
Bourys, 64. 
*Bremans or Bramanes, doctors, 46. 
Bretesche, Sieur de la, 97. 
*Buildings of Madagascar, 52. 
*Butors (birds), 77. 
^Cabbages of Mascarenne, 87. 
*Cabrits (goats) of Madagascar, 66. 
Callendres or huppes, 78. 
*Calms, under the Line, 17, 103. 
*Cambarres, roots (yams), 83. 
*Cameleons in Madagascar, 62. 
Canaries Isles, 8. 
*Canarts of Madagascar (ducks), 67. 
Cancer, Tropic of, 8, 103. 
*Canes, Sugar, 84. 
*Canoes of the Blacks, 10. 
*Cape Agulhas, 21. 
-Blanc, 9. 
-Finisterre, 7, 105. 
1 The original entries have an asterisk prefixed, and many of the French terms are preserved, 
in order that a similar order of alliteration as in original text may be followed. 
