...a has never occurred; and the same assertion has been made with respect to Mauritius and St. Helena.* In so strange a disease some information might p... ...ut the Pacific, and even in the large islands of the Sandwich archipelago. Mauritius offers an apparent exception, where I saw the Rana Mascariensis i... ...ore 1768 it had been attempted, without success, to in- troduce frogs into Mauritius — I presume for the purpose of eating: hence it may be well doubt... ...Sand- wich Islands, see Tyerman and Bennett’s Journal, vol. i. p. 434. For Mauritius, see Voyage par un Officier, etc., part i. p. 170. There are no f... ...whether it is in any other place an aboriginal. The bones of a tortoise at Mauritius, associated with those of the extinct Dodo, have gen- erally been... ...il from the nut, and the nuts themselves, which are taken to Singapore and Mauritius, where they are chiefly used, when grated, in making cur- ries. O... ... 155. 504 The V oyage of the Beagle which were brought in a ship from the Mauritius, wrecked here. These rats are considered by Mr. Waterhouse as ide... ...ups, but not the neighbouring Maldiva archipelago. It formerly abounded at Mauritius, but only a few small ones are now found there. In the Pacific, t... ...s globe has been broken up, and land and water inter- changed. CHAPTER XXI MAURITIUS TO ENGLAND Mauritius, beautiful appearance of — Great crateriform...

...hese animals; for frogs have been introduced into Madeira, the Azores, and Mauritius, and have multiplied so as to become a nuisance. But as these ani... ...ipelago, the Bonin Islands, the Caroline and Marianne Archipela- goes, and Mauritius, all possess their peculiar bats. Why, it may be asked, has the s...