[185] For information, as entertaining as it is valuable, respecting the history, people, and products of Madagascar, see the Rev. William Ellis’s “Three Visits to Madagascar,” and M. Octave Sachot’s “Madagascar et les Madécasses” (Paris, 1864).
[186] In the language of the Sandwich Islanders. Kanak or Kanaque signifies “a man.”
[187] Compare the narratives of the early voyagers, especially those of De Bougainville, Cook, and Wallis.
[188] Hacienda, a farm; haciendero, a farm-proprietor.
[189] Admiral Wilkes, “Narrative of the U. S. Exploring Expedition.”
[190] The isothermal line of 0°, which in Europe scarcely touches the North Cape of Lapland (about 72°), descends in America fully 20 degrees lower, even to the south of James Bay.
[191] Hervé and Lanoye, “Voyages dans les Glaces du Pôle Arctique,” chap. i. (Paris, 1854).
[192] Sir James C. Ross “Voyages of Discovery and Research” (London, 1847).
[193] Sir J. Richardson, “Fauna Boreali Americana.”
[194] Professor Forbes, “Norway and its Glaciers” (Edinburgh, 1853).