Showing Descriptive account of Mauritius, its scenery, statistics, &c. with brief historical sketch : preceded by elements of geography, the latter designed for youth by John Anderson

Excerpt from Descriptive Account of Mauritius: Its Scenery, Statistics, &C With Brief Historical Sketch, Preceded by Elements of Geography (the Latter Designed for Youth) The want of a treatise on the geography, statistics and history of Mauritius, that might be useful in families as well as schools, has often been referred to, and the columns of the press have, on more than one occasion, made allusion to the anomolous practice of teaching the youth of the island the geography of other lands, and of leaving them, as is still too frequently the case, in ignorance of that of their own. The attention of the author of the following pages having been called to this, ho endeavoured, in September 1856, partially to remedy the evil by publishing a School Map of Mauritius, none having, previous to that period appeared, and the favorable reception it received, in every part of the island, but particularly in Port Louis, induces him to hope that it may have been, in some small degree, useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.