Index 
159 
*Pannes of Tortoises (cauls or bladders ?), 
80. 
*Papangues, birds, 78. 
Paris, 3. 
* Parrots, of divers sorts, 67, 78. 
'^Partridges of Madagascar, 67. 
*Paul, Saint, a settlement of Mascaregne, 
76, 82. 
*Pays brftle at Mascarenne, 82. 
-of Mascarenne, 77. 
Pearl oysters, 68. 
Pentecost, 19. 
Phenix, ship, 72. 
*Pieds jaunes, birds, 78. 
*Pierreries of Madagascar, 68. 
^Pigeons, wild, 67, 69, 77. 
- See Ramiers, 67, 69, 77. 
*Pintades, birds (guinea-fowls), 67. 
Pirates, Malabar, 31. 
^Pisces (flying fish), 23. 
*Plastron of Tortoises, 81. 
Porcupines, 67. 
Port Louis, 7. 
*Poulles d’eau (water-hens), 77. 
^Praying to the devil by the Malagasy and 
not to God, and wherefore, 59. 
Preaux Mercy, M. de, 24, 25, 
Preface to the reader, 3. 
Procureur-General, M. Despinay, 25. 
* Provinces of Madagascar, 49. 
Provost, The, 18. 
Protector of Dubois’s work (M. Loy- 
seau), 1. 
Quails, 67. 
*Raberry, assassin, 27, 28. 
*Rafesle, master of village, 41. 
*Rahessaf, chief of Madagascar, 64, 65. 
* Ramiers of Madagascar, 67. 
*Ramilange, enemy of the French, 38, 
97- 
*Ramousset, chief of Madagascar, 37, 97. 
*Rassangles, birds, 66. 
Raturierre, M. de, aide-de-camp, 34. 
Regnault, Sieur, 23. 
* Religion of the Banjans, 46. 
-of the Cape Verdiens, 15. 
-of the Madagascarois, 53, 58, 59. 
*Requien, fish (shark), 22. 
*Rice, how it is planted, 70, 83. 
*Rivers of Isle Bourbon, 75. 
* Riviere des Mats, 4, 36. 
*Rohandryes or sacrifices, 57. 
*Rufisque village, 9. 
^Sacrifice of the Malagasy, 57. 
*'Sagayes or Zagayes (arms), 55. 
Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin, 104. 
-Augustin, Cape, 4. 
-Bernard in Bourbon, 3. 
-Denis, hooker, 29. 
-Denis, in Bourbon, 3. 
-Elmo, Fire of, 104. 
-Gilles, in Bourbon, 3. 
-Helena, 191. 
-Jacques, Rue. Residence of P. 
Mariette in Paris, 3. 
-Jean de Bayonne, 73. 
-Jean, Le petit, hooker, 29. 
-Laurens, Madagascar, Island of, 3. 
-Luc, Le, hooker, 31. 
-Martin’s day, 102. 
-Paul Settlement in Bourbon, 3. 
-ship in which Dubois sailed, 7. 
*'Sainte Suzanne, Settlement at, 4, 82. 
-Vincent, Cape of, 7. 
Salve , Regina , chanted, 28. 
Samesam, 51. 
Sands of Olonne, 106. 
Sanson, Sieur, 3. 
*Sargassum sea, 103. 
*Saumague, The, a vessel named, 31. 
*Sauterelles of Madagascar, 68. 
*Savagy, Prince, 42, 43. 
Scuppers, Fire in the, 104. 
*Scurvy sickness, 21. 
*Secatses or hermaphrodites, 63. 
Seigneurs or chiefs, 5. 
^Senegal, a country of Africa, 9. 
Serilles, 67. 
*Serment, Oath of Malagasy, 59. 
*Silk-worms, 66. 
*Solitaires, birds, 77, 79. 
Solstice, winter, 19. 
^Sorcerers at Madagascar, 58. 
*Souvou, what it is, 41, 56. 
Sparrows, 79. 
*Sterility of Madagascar, 68. 
*Suratte, town of the Mogul, is pillaged, 
42. 
Swearing, oath of the Madagascarois, 
59, 60. 
Te Deum, The, 23. 
*Tempests, 99, 100, 103, 105. 
Terceira, La, 103. 
*Terre of Isle Bourbon, 74. 
-of Madagascar, 49, 63. 
Theriac, 22. 
Thrushes, 78. 
