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II. Expedition of Baron de Bougainville--Stay at Pondicherry--The "White Town" and the "Black Town"--"Right-hand" and "Left-hand"-- Malacca--Singapore and its prosperity--Stay at Manilla--Touron Bay--The monkeys and the people--The marble rocks of Faifoh-- Cochin-Chinese diplomacy--The Anambas--The Sultan of Madura--The straits of Madura and Allas--Cloates and the Triad Islands-- Tasmania--Botany Bay and New South Wales--Santiago and Valparaiso--Return viâ Cape Horn--Expedition of Dumont d'Urville in the Astrolabe --The Peak of Teneriffe--Australia--Stay at New Zealand--Tonga-Tabu--Skirmishes--New Britain and New Guinea--First news of the fate of La Pérouse--Vanikoro and its inhabitants--Stay at Guam--Amboyna and Menado--Results of the expedition . . . . . . 274

* CHAPTER III. POLAR EXPEDIT……