Volume documents Chauvet's life in Singapore, Réunion, and Madagascar. Also includes information about his voyages to Singapore, Banca, Anjier, Krakatoa Mauritius, and Réunion. Topics include daily life in Singapore 1873-1874; politics and war in Acheen, etc.; Réunion, 1874-1875 (includes information about hurricanes 1657-1854); Chauvet's Madagascar coffee and vanilla plantation 1875-1882; and news from New York and Nantes. Volume is 96 pages long.