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 THE 
 VOYAGES 
 
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 ADVENTURES 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 CHEVALIER DUPONT. 
 
 IN FOUR VOLUMES. 
 
 TPANSLATED FROM THE FRENCli^ 
 
 
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 LONDON: 
 
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 At his Circulating Library, oppofite Hungesford Market^ 
 
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CONTENTS OF THE 
 FIRST VOLUME. 
 
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 This Volume contains a fliort Account 
 of the Author, and of his Voyage from 
 the Ifle of Aix to Martinico.— His Voy- 
 ages from thence to St. Lucia, St. Vin- 
 cent, Dominica, Marigalante, Guadalupe, 
 St. Thomas's, and Santa Cruz ; with the 
 Natural Hiftory of each Ifland. 
 
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 I Shall neither amufe myfdf nor weary 
 my reader with tracing a long ac- 
 count of my genealogy, but fhall briefly 
 obferve that I am defcended from a 
 good family and one of ihe molt ancient 
 in France 5 I was only fix years old 
 when my father died and my mother 
 furvived him but two years, an elder 
 b.'other, a younger filler and myfelf 
 Were all the children the; hid j we were 
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 Icfc to the care of an uncle, a very ho- 
 neft man, though of mean underftand- 
 ing, and much add idled to pleafure. 
 Asa young woman with whom he co- 
 habited and who commonly pafled as 
 his wife, a cook and a footman formed 
 the v/hole of his family, he did not 
 think it proper for us to receive our 
 education under his roof, nor was he 
 able to watch our conduft in the man- 
 ner he thought neceffary •, therefore 
 was prudent enough to fend my fifter to 
 a convent, where (lie had a relation, 
 and my brother and myfelf to Paris to 
 complete our education. 
 
 It was here I contrafted an intimate 
 acquaintance with a young gentleman, 
 
 who 
 
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 viho boarded at the fame college, and 
 w'hoahhough a very worthy youth, was 
 notwithftanding, the original caufe of 
 every misfortune I afterwards experi- 
 enced ; His name was Dupradel ; he 
 was only two years older than myfelf, 
 but a conformity of tafte, difpofitioii 
 and feniiment united us in the ftridleft 
 friendfhip. 
 
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 He one day took me with him to 
 vifit his mother, who lived in the city 
 and might from her enormous fize, bs 
 compared to the Coloffus at Rhodes: 
 (he had a great ihare of good fenfe, but 
 had a moft paffionate fondnefs for voy- 
 ages, efpecially if they tended to the 
 marvellous and as I was fortunate enough 
 
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 to gain her cftcem, (he recommended 
 the perufal of fome memoirs to me, and 
 gave me feveral for that purpofe, 
 amongft which were Robinfon Crufoe 
 and others of the fame flamp. I took 
 them home with mc and perufed them 
 feveral times over with the greateft 
 avidity and fcized every vacant moment 
 to return to them, fully convinced of 
 the truth of what I read, as I was too 
 young then to know better. I had at 
 that time feen no other books, befidcs 
 my grammar, &c. and was far from 
 fuppofing men capable of deceiving fo 
 grofsly, when they fet off with afluring 
 the public of the authenticity of every 
 faft related and their only motive for 
 publidiing the narrative, was their de- 
 
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 fire to inform and entertain; by the 
 
 frequent perudil of thefc however, I 
 
 grew fo fond of adventures, that they 
 
 cngroiTcd my whole attention night and 
 
 day and 1 entirely ncglcfted my ftudies. 
 
 My preceptors perceived it, but were 
 
 ignorant of the caufe ; they reproached 
 
 me for it, and by comparifons, which 
 
 in any other circumftances would have 
 
 been odious, they endeavoured to ex- 
 
 cite an emulation in me : my brother 
 
 himfclf, who one day furprized me with 
 
 my favourite authors, took the liberty 
 
 of reprimanding me very feverely ; the 
 
 tone of authority which he affumcd 
 
 difpleafed me very much, as if I be- 
 
 lieved myfelf equal in judgment to him; 
 
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 that appeared like dependance, concur- 
 red to make me anfwer him with 
 warmth j m,y brother, in his reply, 
 threatened me -, I held at that time a 
 ftone in my hand, which I levelled fo 
 well at his forehead, that he fell, and 
 the effufion of blood from the wound 
 was very confiderable. The furgeon 
 was fcnt for to drefs it ; he declared, 
 however, that there was no danger -, the 
 Principal of the College ordered me, 
 during nine days, to be fed with bread 
 and water alone, took my books from 
 me, and to render the punifliment more 
 efficacious, he ordered that I (hould re- 
 ceive, on the firfl: and ninth day, a 
 hundred ftrokesof the rod j which were 
 given without any abatement. Although 
 
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 (his punifliment was by no means agree- 
 able CO me, I would have preferred it 
 to any apologies that I might have been 
 ordered to make to my brother ; but 
 this alfo happened, and my comrade 
 had occafion for all his influence over 
 me to induce me to fubmic to alk him 
 forgivcnefs. Two years afterwards rol- 
 led away in a Teeming good underftand- 
 ing between my brother and me; at 
 which time we went to pafs the holi- 
 days at Monf. Laficvilles, counfellor to 
 the parliament of Paris, who was an in- 
 timate friend of my father's, and to 
 whom we were fent by my uncle. I 
 did not lofe the opportunity of telling 
 him my inclination for a fea.faring life ; 
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 him to write to my uncle, who, in his 
 anfwer, left him to aft for me as he 
 
 thought beft. 
 
 He returned to Paris, and in lefs than 
 two months every thing was arranged 
 as I could wilh, and I left it the 7ih of 
 Febmary, 1728, to go to Rochfort, 
 the place of my appointment, in the 
 quality of midfhipman, with every thing 
 proper for my ftation, arid a thoufand 
 crowns in my pocket. Befidcs feveral 
 letters which I had to carry to fome of 
 the principal people in that province, I 
 had one from M, de Forcade, firft com- 
 miflioncr in the marine dapartment, for 
 Monf. L***, a commiflfary in that 
 place, who received me with open arms, 
 
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 and entertained me for a whole week. 
 He was a good Ifraelite, and had 
 great fenfe. His wife poffefled good 
 fenfe, beauty, and virtue. She carried 
 the latter a little too far, for (he required 
 as much virtue in every other perfon as 
 flie was herfelf pofiTeffed of. A fifter- 
 in-Iaw about nineteen, who lived with 
 her as a companion, was obliged to com- 
 ply with all the rigid aufterity of her 
 morals. I was willing to teach her 
 fomcthing more pleafing, which (he 
 liftened to with eagcrncfs, but we 
 were fo urtguarded as to fufFtr ourfelves 
 to be furprifed at a moment, that was 
 but very indifferently interpreted for our 
 reputation. We were judged with fe- 
 verityi and, to* ^yoi^ fcandal, I was 
 
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 obliged to feek a frefli abode, and leave 
 to the public to put what conftrudlion 
 on It they pleafcd. I went to board 
 with an old apothecary, a very fldlful 
 man ; who notwithftanding his being a 
 good chemift, could not find out any 
 fecret to prevent the reports circulated 
 about him and a young woman, whom 
 he faid he had married, that he might 
 have his daughter (whom he had by a 
 former marriage) educated by her at 
 home. I was young, agreeable, and 
 complaifanr, well proportioned, though 
 lowofftature, lively, graceful, and full 
 of repartee : I liftened to the. mother, 
 and the daughter to me, and during 
 three months that I lived in that houfe, 
 I had the fatisfa(ftiori of not offending- 
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 the good old man, or either of the la- 
 dies •, but the daughter was one day 
 weak enough to reveal the fecret be- 
 tween us to the mother. I knew not 
 what was her defign in ir, as fhe needed 
 not have feared any difcovery •, and with- 
 out her indifcretion, I (hould not have 
 been obliged, to avoid the reproaches 
 of thefe two women, and the uneafinefs 
 and perhaps troublefome confequences 
 fuch a difcovery might occafion, to 
 embark for the ifland of Aix, where our 
 veflel was in the road more than fifteen 
 days before the time fixed by the cap- 
 tain. 
 
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 of June following, the time appointed 
 for the general rendezvous, I made fome 
 reflections upon my conduft, not from 
 any remorfe I fdt from if, but occa- 
 fioned by two letters which I received 
 from M. de Lafleville and my uncle, 
 who had been informed of my behavior 
 at Rochford, from the day of my arrival 
 to that of my flight. But thelt reflec- 
 tions did not alter my difpofltion. 
 
 On the 7th of June, at four, a. m. 
 a northerly wind fprung up, which 
 was as propitious to us as we could wifh ; 
 we hoifted our fails, and a falute of 
 cannon, according to cuftom, pronoun- 
 ced our departure to the inhabitants. 
 
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 We were to fail to Martinico, from 
 thence to St. Domingo, and then return 
 to France. There happened nothing 
 cxfraordinary in this voyage, and, fome 
 trifles excepted, every thing was very 
 regular. I employed myfelf, like the 
 reft, in making my journal ; my mari- 
 time obfcrvations would afford but litele 
 entertainment to the reader, therefore I 
 fliall omit them. I fhall not however 
 negle(fl a defcription of thofe things, 
 which other travellers have not given an 
 exaft account of. I fliall recount every 
 interefting event, and fliall as faithfully 
 as poflTiblc defcribe the cuftoms, man-^ 
 ncrs, and religion of the inhabitants of 
 the diflferent countries that I have vi- 
 fited, and (hall every where endeavour tof 
 
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 unite the agreeable with the ufeful. I 
 fliall avoid all long digreflions, which 
 ferve only to weary and dilguft; and 
 leave to the fenfible reader to make what 
 reflexions he thinks proper. 
 
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 I made an acquaintance aboard fliip 
 wiih two Parifians, who were going 
 abroad to take their revenge on fortune 
 for having treated them fcurvily at 
 home ; one of them was a fon of a com- 
 miffary at Paris, named B***, a man 
 of excellent difpofitions and great fpirif. 
 On the other hand, his companion, from 
 the misfortunes of his. family and his 
 own experience^ had drowned all bis 
 greatnefs of mind \ he was the Ton of 
 9n eminent merchant, and was named 
 
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 choly ; his diftrcfs, he would fometimes 
 tell me, arofe from bis being obliged 
 to leave his fifter, who was young and 
 handfome, whom he very nuch loved, 
 and had left her without any refource 
 but her accomplifliments ; but the chi- 
 merical cxpeftations of her brother ma- 
 king his fortune, which (he thought of 
 dividing with him, led her into fome in- 
 
 difcretions that terminated very difad- 
 vancageoufly for her, as I afier wards 
 heard. As for her brother, he was very 
 fortunate, for he had not ten crowns 
 when he embarked, and foon after his 
 arrival at Martinico, he was poffeffed of 
 a hundred louis d'ors : thisfum eclipfed 
 
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 all his tendernefs for his fuivi', and made 
 him forget her. 
 
 As I (hall have more occaGons than 
 one to mention thefc two perfons in the 
 courfc of thefe memoirs, I fhall leave 
 fpeaking of them further till their arri- 
 val at Maninico, the place of their dcf- 
 tination. 
 
 Befides thefe two paflcngers, we had 
 alfo two Jefuits and a Dominican ; the 
 Jatter came from Toulon to embark at 
 Rochford ; they were going to the 
 houfes their fed had at Fort St. Pierre, 
 in Martinico and at Guadalupe. 
 
 I cannot remerriber, without chagrin, 
 what thefc three holy men muft fuffer 
 
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 from our indecent queftions and witii- 
 cifms. 
 
 We had alfo a citizen of Paris, about 
 fifiy years of age, with her niece about 
 twenty, who were going to cape Fran- 
 cois to join a relation, who had acquired 
 a fortu le there. 
 
 As ihcfe two women were very much 
 attached to the Dominican, and at the 
 beginning of the voyage had atFefted to 
 treat us with contempt, and avoided our 
 company, they were equally expofed to 
 our pleafantries ; but they were foon 
 humbled, as the fcquel will difcovcr. — 
 
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 culous ceremony of biptifm, that the 
 
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 failors praflife under the tropics and 
 under ihe line, upon all who have never 
 before pafled them ; it is a perquifite 
 belonging to the crew, and thofe who 
 have never croITcd them arc obliged to 
 pay fo much money, or be immerfed in 
 the fea, by means of a rope tied round 
 their body •, when being hawled up to 
 the main yard arm, they fuddenly let 
 them fall into the water, hoift them up 
 again, and repeat it three times. None 
 are exempt from this ; and the Captain's 
 authority, which is almofl: abfolute, is 
 fufpended for that day. 
 
 There were in all, eight of us that 
 were unbaptized, and we were delivered 
 over to the difcrction of thefe minifters. 
 
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 Upon each perfon giving fix livres and 
 two bottles of brandy, they were ex- 
 cufed the ducking, and had only a liitle 
 water thrown over their heads, with the 
 fign of the crofs marked on them. 
 
 We had all now paffcd by fine, ex- 
 cept the two ladies; ihey were not 
 much beloved by the ftiip^s company, 
 as, from their complaints, fome of the 
 failors had been put in irons. They 
 were determined not to pay, and to 
 complete their ill luck, they had before 
 taken as a proteftor one of our lieute- 
 nants, who was venerable from his age, 
 but difliked by the crew, and had, 
 by the negledl of his patrons, been for- 
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 been made for twenty or thirty years pad, 
 although a very brave man, and much 
 cfteemed. Undoubtedly his attenibn 
 was that day otherwife engaged, as he 
 forgot to uiftriwfl: his pupils properly, to 
 recommend them to the humanity of 
 the failors ; for which negleft the god- 
 deffes receivcu a very complete duck- 
 
 One day that it was my turn to call 
 the watch, I went to feek the lieute- 
 nant, and entered without ce:emony in- 
 TO his cabin. I found him, to my great 
 aftonifhment, in a very ridiculous fitua- 
 lion with the niece 5 I laughed violently, 
 and departed as quick as lightening. 
 The damfcl came to me immediately, 
 
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 and begged of me to keep fccreb what 
 I had been a witnefs to, which I had no 
 great inclination to comply with ; how- 
 ever, on her repeated intreaties, I pro- 
 mifed her conditionally : this (he at firft 
 complied with reludantly, but feeing 
 the neceflity of it, flic confented, and I 
 that day made her fulfill her promife, 
 whilft one half of the crew were upon 
 deck, and the reft afleep. 
 
 About five days afterwards, on the 
 27th of July, 1728, we arrived in the 
 road of Martinico, about eight o'clock 
 in the morning 5 the falute being given 
 and returned, we went afhore, to make 
 a vifit to the Governor-general, and to 
 deliver our difpatchcsr The Governor- 
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 general was at that time the Marquis de 
 Champigny, one of the mod intrepid 
 officers that we had. His memory will 
 always be dear and revered by the inha- 
 bitants of the leeward iQands, where he 
 was Governor for fixteen years. His 
 great difintereftednefs, his fcrupulous 
 honefty, his affability, his integrity, his 
 zeal for religion, and the intereftsof his 
 King, made him beloved beyond ex- 
 preffion whilft living, and his memory 
 revered after death. This charafter of 
 him is due to juftice and truth. 
 
 After he had welcomed us al], a live- 
 ly and intrepid air which he obfcrved in 
 my countenance, occafioned him to ailc 
 who I was i I had no fooner dec! ed 
 
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 my name, my country, and my tafte 
 for a fea-f^iring Hfc, than he took me 
 in his arms, heaped carefles on me, and 
 faid he knew my father well 5 that he 
 had been his intimate friend, and he re- 
 gretted his lofs very fincerely •, that 
 from his friendfliip for him, he would 
 take every opportunity of ferving me 
 to the utmoft of his power. Pie then 
 informed me that my life would not 
 well agree with my fortune, (which was 
 but fmall) ; that preferment in the na- 
 vy came very flow, efpecially in the 
 time of peace ; that if I would continue 
 with him, he would take upon himfelf 
 tofecure me an cafy fortune ; and as my 
 motive for embracing that way of life 
 
 was my tafte for feeing diftant parts, he 
 
 would 
 
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 would put me in a method of fatisfy- 
 ing my curiofity with great advantage 
 to myfelf. 
 
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 The gracious reception of the Gene- 
 ral, and the good will he expreffcd for 
 me, which afFedled me very much, 
 made me, without hefitation, accept his 
 offers. They were very fincere on his 
 part, but alas ! my inconftancy, or ra- 
 ther the malignity of my ftars, pre- 
 vented me reaping the advantages I 
 might have done. 
 
 He gave us a fplendid dinner ; the 
 healths of the King and Queen v/crc 
 celebrated with a falute of twenty-one 
 guns eachs and I may fay, that no Go- 
 vernor 
 
The Chevalier Dupont. 25 
 
 vernor ever better fuppor;ed his Ma- 
 js^fty's c^igniry. 
 
 We afterwards returned to our fhip ; 
 the next day I bid adieu to my cooi- 
 rades, and fcnt my cloaths, &c. to the 
 Marquis de Champigny's. As footi as 
 he faw me, he advanced feveral paces 
 to meet and embrace me, and or- 
 dered my baggage to be conducted to a 
 chamber, which he had prepared for 
 me, next his own. 
 
 The fame day fome officers arrived 
 from aboard to dine with the Governor ; 
 they were accompanied by the two Pa- 
 rifians, who had each of them a letter 
 for the General. Mr. B*** brought a 
 
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 letter from his uncle, who poflTefTid con- 
 fiderable property in Piccardy, where 
 he was Governor •, and Mr. D***, one 
 from the Abbe Champigny, who re- 
 commended him ftrongly to theGover- 
 nor ; he received them very coarteoufly, 
 and promifcd to ferve them in every 
 thing that was in his power. A few 
 days afterwards he had an opportunity 
 of executing his promife to one of them. 
 One of his fecreiaries, who had been in- 
 difpofed for fome time pad, died at 
 that time, and he gave his place to Mr. 
 D***, who wrote a very good hand, 
 and had an cxtenfive knowledge: this 
 is the perfon who I faid poffefled a hun- 
 dred lous d'ors upon his arrival, that 
 was not v/orth ten crowns when he em- 
 barked i 
 
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 barked ; he very foon made a fortune, 
 far above his moft fanguine expefta- 
 tions. 
 
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 It was a cuftom with the Marquis dc 
 Champigny, independent of his great 
 days of feftival, to give, once a week, 
 an entertainment to the ladies of the 
 place ; this was ufually a fgpper in the 
 evening, and a ball afterwards. Mr. 
 D*** came to the firft of thefe enter- 
 tainments that were given after his ar- 
 rival, where he had addrcfs enough to 
 make his propofals agreeable to a young 
 widow, who poffefied a very con fidera- 
 ble plantation and fugar-work, and had 
 about fifteen or eighteen thoufands of 
 livres bcfidcs. He foon afterwards mar- 
 
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 riecl her, and went to live at her houfe, 
 where he might poflels without trouble 
 or uneafinels the charms of his wife, and 
 the enjoyment of fo brilliant and fud- 
 den good fortune. Thus he gave an 
 example of prudence, that is but feldom 
 iTiewn, though he was culpable in for- 
 getting his fifter, who deferved his af- 
 feftion by his own account ; and it 
 would have been but trifling to him to 
 have made her fortune eafy, either by 
 permitting her to live wirh him at Mar- 
 tlnicoj or allowing her fufficient to 
 maintain herfelf with decency in France, 
 but he did neither. 
 
 After I had been about five days widi 
 
 the Governor, I received a vifit from 
 
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The Chevalier Dupont. 29 
 
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 the two citizens I have already men- 
 tioned, who were accompanied by the 
 furgeon ; as curiofity was their motive, 
 I fatisfied them in the bed manner pof- 
 fible, and they departed very well plea- 
 fed with their entertainment; and made 
 me two more vifits during the fhort time 
 the veflTcl remained in the road. 
 
 On the 1 8ih of Auguft the officers of 
 the (hip came to take their leave of the 
 Governor ; and the next day, at fix in 
 the morning, they weighed anchor and 
 failed for St. Domingo. 
 
 Notwithftanding my fatisfadtion at 
 Martinico, I could noi refrain from 
 tears at their deparcuie. 
 
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 I (hall not here recite the difFcrcnt 
 proofs of goodnefs and affefbion I re- 
 ceived from M. de Champigny, but 
 fhall only obferve they were equal to 
 what I could have expefted even if I 
 had been his fon ;• his affection was fuch 
 as not only to atcraft the efteem and 
 friendfliip of ihe officers of the ifland to 
 me, bu: alfo that of the merchants and 
 inhabitants, who, from my folicitarron, 
 eafily obtained their defines; but I muft 
 do them the juftice to fay, that their 
 generofiiy furpaffed the fervices I did 
 them. 
 
 As we had entertainments frequently 
 for the ladies at the Governor's houff, 
 thofe of the town and neighbourhood 
 
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 generally came {o them ; and amongd: 
 them a young and amiable widow, 
 named Mada.m de Rupert, was very 
 much cfteemed by the Governor, and 
 (lie was always accompanied by her 
 filler Mifs Juliet V***, who was nearly 
 of my own age. The facility with 
 which we faw each oiher, and our fre- 
 quent converfations alone, gave rife to 
 a very great eftecm for her ; but I was 
 afraid of making a declaraiion to her 
 that might be badly received: however 
 one day, when we were both much 
 V earied with play, and I found her in a 
 fprightly humour, I told her in a fainc 
 manner that I adored her, and that the 
 indifference I perceived her to have for 
 
 me, would iofallibly deftroy me, if flic 
 
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 continued it. She looked at mc aiten- 
 lively, burft out a Liughing, pinched 
 "my car very fcvercly, and went immc- 
 diatcly to join her company. Such was 
 hcranfwer to my elegant harangue. 
 
 I muft conftfs, that never was any 
 man more furprized thm my ft If; i 
 knew not what to do to be revenged of 
 her for her contempr j after wavering 
 for fome (ime, I determined to behave 
 wiih indifference to her, and fpeak to 
 her for the future with refcrveand cold- 
 nefs. 
 
 upon a r< 
 h.hl not 
 hour, be 
 the apart 
 found it 
 vorable ( 
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 eternal 1 
 
 pro'tila: 
 tftetm f( 
 fatal illui 
 the temp 
 fore poll 
 
 As foon as we had dined, inftead cf 
 going, according to cuftom, to join 
 Mifs Juliet, I werlt and threw myfclf 
 
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 npon a fopha behind the flucly door ; I 
 hid not been there more than half an 
 hour, before I hfard fome per (on enief 
 the apartment •, I opened my eyes, and 
 found it was Juliet. I feizcd ihc fa- 
 vorable minute, and threw myfelf ac 
 the feet of that adorable woman, fwore 
 e;ernal love to her, and received her 
 pro'tilanon to always have the fame 
 tfteem fur me (he then had ; but alas ! 
 fatal illufion ! how often ihe nature of 
 the temperament is taken for love ! Be- 
 fore poiTeflion, it has all the appear- 
 ance of that paflion ; the defires are 
 lively and impetuous; but when once 
 allayed, there remains only the (hadow 
 of what we thought was the fubftance. 
 
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 I had on my finger a brilliant, worth 
 about five and twenty Spanifli piftoles, 
 that a merchant of St. Pierre, named 
 Prepont, had made me a prefent of 
 fome days before 5 I offered it to my 
 dear Juliet, who accepted it with plea- 
 fure, and made me take in exchange a 
 fmair cocoa box, of an oval figure, in- 
 crufted with gold, which I would not 
 have exchanged for all the jewels be- 
 longing to the Sophy of Perfia. 
 
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 We continued, during three months, 
 to believe that we fincerely loved each 
 other ; we gave every poffible proof of 
 it that opportunity would admit of, and 
 I was very circumfpefl: and attentive to 
 prevent a difcovery. 
 
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 piftoles, 
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 proof of 
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 The Chevalier Dupont. 35 
 
 Some affairs one day obliging me to 
 go to St. Pierre, diftant about twenty 
 miles from Fort Royal, where the Go* 
 vernor-General lived, I went to dine 
 with M. Brach, who was Governor of 
 the fort-, i found there Mr. Prepont, 
 and Chevalier G * * * % a gen- 
 tleman from the Netherlands, who 
 had bcen^ recommended to M. de 
 Champigny by the CommifTary of 
 Dunkirk. This youth (for he was not 
 eighteen years of age) was come to the 
 iQands to make a fortune with only his 
 fword to iruft to. Mr. Preponr, who 
 had conceived an affedion for him, de-. 
 figned to take him fome voyages with 
 him, that he might difcover which way 
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 Jy, to appearance, ignorant of every 
 thing, except his name and quality : he 
 was well proportioned, of a fine fize, 
 had regular features, and the mod deli- 
 cate complexion 5 but his teeth were 
 black and uneven. 
 
 During the repaft, Mr. Brach afl^ed 
 him if he had made any conquefts fince 
 his arrival? to which he immediately 
 anfwered in the affirmative ; but faid 
 that he gave the preference to a lady at 
 Fort Royal, whom he loved very fin- 
 cerely, and that he wore on his finger a 
 pledge of her fidelity. The company 
 call their eyes upon it, and Mr. Pre- 
 pont and myfelf immediately knew the 
 ring. My aftonifhment was beyond de- 
 
 fcriptic 
 fpair a 
 forced I 
 and imi 
 on the 
 happen, 
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 if he di( 
 that it li 
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 finger, 
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 fome d: 
 pofixrflic 
 was •, a 
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 owner. 
 
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 fdiption, whilfl: jealoufy, rage, and de- 
 fpair aflailed me ahernately. I was 
 forced however to conceal my emotion?, 
 and immediately forming my refolution 
 on the rifque of any thing that might 
 happen, I dtfired the Chevalier to truft 
 ic with me for a momenr. As foon as 
 he gave ic to me, I asked Mr. Preponc 
 if he did not know that ring ? He faid 
 that it had been his, and he had given ic 
 (0 me. I immediately put it on my 
 finger, and told the Chevalier that it 
 belonged to me; thai I had loft it for 
 fomedays, and was glad to find it in the 
 pofTtfTion of fo poHte a gentleman as he 
 was-, and I fia'tered tnyfelf that he 
 would not refufe to reftore it to the right 
 owner. The young gentleman con- 
 
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 fen ted with rduftance, affured me that 
 he had noc found it ; and faid that it 
 
 was Mifs — '. " Stop, Sir,'* I 
 
 faid J " ic is not proper to name the 
 " perfon, after the converfation that 
 *' has pafled •, it will be more prudent 
 " to keep filence.*' The company ap- 
 proved of what 1 faid, and the Chevalier 
 was obliged to comply. 
 
 Dinner was no fooner finifhed than I 
 took my leave, and without thinking of 
 the affairs that had brought me to St. 
 Pierre, I haftened to the fhore, and cm- 
 barked in a canoe, that I might the 
 fooner arrive at Fort Royal, where I 
 landed fafe in three honrs. I found a 
 great deal of company at the Gover- 
 nor's : 
 
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 gaged i 
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 indigna 
 
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 nor*s : Mifs Juliet was there, and en- 
 gaged in a party at cards ; I fometimes 
 gave her looks of the greateft fury and 
 indignation j flie was now the objeft of 
 
 my averfion, as much as (he was before 
 of my tendernefs. 
 
 When her party had finifhed the 
 game, (he retired into a walk of olives 
 in the garden, where I immediately fol- 
 lowed her, and (he asked me what (he 
 had offended me in ? ** What is be- 
 " come of the ring I gave you, iraf- 
 " trcfs ?"• I faid to her. Oh, I have 
 " forgot it, and left it at home," (he 
 anfwered ; " is that then the caufe of 
 " your ill humour ? Be no longer dif- 
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 *' now, ungenerous woman,'* I faid, 
 fhewing it her at the fame time upon my 
 finger; '' I received it," I continued, 
 *' from the Chevalier G*^^% to whom 
 " you gave ic with your heart, and have 
 *' facrificed me to him." I then re- 
 lated to her every thing that had pafled 
 at St. Pierre, withouc omiciing a fingle 
 circumftance; and concluded with ask- 
 ing her what (he could fay to refute my 
 ftory ? " Nothing, Sir," (he replied, 
 •* fince you are weak enough to be jea- 
 •' lous of a man that I defpife. The 
 *' ChevaHer G*** is a bafe, deceitful 
 *' wretch 5 he came to me three days 
 *' ago to ask my commands to Fort St. 
 *' Pierre 5 I was then at my toiletr, on 
 
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 " which lay my ring ; he looked at it 
 
 " with pleafure, and put it on his finger, 
 
 *' faying, that he would rcftore it to me 
 
 *' at his return ; I did not believe at 
 
 '* firft that he defigned to take it, but 
 
 " he afterwards faid he would return it 
 
 *' me the next day, as he ihould be 
 
 •' glad to match ir, if poffible. I en- 
 
 ** deavored by arguments to make him 
 
 '* reftorc ir, but in vain -, he left me 
 " immediately, and I had no perfon at 
 " that moment near me to run afier 
 *' him. This, Sir, is the truth of the 
 " ftory, and I have nothing to reproach 
 *• myfclf with •, but you well deferve to 
 '' be made to repent cf the injurious 
 " fufpicions that you have enienained 
 " of me." 
 
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 She immediately returned into the 
 faloon, where I followed her very much 
 difconccrtcd. I fcveral times attempted 
 to approach her, to confcfs the injury 
 I had done her and ask ber pardon ; bur 
 fhe took care to avoid rac. 
 
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 After fupper I offered her my hand 
 as ufual to conduS her to hef carriage, 
 boi (he refufed me, and accepted an« 
 other's. This behaviour piqued me, 
 and re*animated all my jealoufy *, I had 
 
 moreover much difficulty to reconcile 
 what (he faid with what the Chevalier 
 G*** had told me j^my rtfkdions con- 
 curred to make me believe, that (he 
 was culpable, and that I had been de- 
 ceived by her : in confequcnce of thefe 
 
 thoughts 
 
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 luch 
 
 Iptcd 
 
 )jiiry 
 
 bur 
 
 thoughts I determined to fee her no 
 more. 
 
 Juliet was ten days without making 
 her appearance at the Governor's, r.nd I 
 remained at home, daring all that time, 
 without going once to vifit her. /it the 
 end of this period the Governor gave a 
 ball, whcn'Madam Rupert came alone 
 to it •, I enquired news of h«r fifter ; 
 ibe told me {he had been troubled with 
 the head-acb during the morning, and 
 was not willing to drefs hf rfelf left by 
 her motion (he (hould increafe it. As 
 flie was an elegant dancer, all the com- 
 pany (hewed their difappointment in her 
 abfence ; I offered to go to her and ufe 
 my intreaties to induce her to comej 
 
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 her fifter confented, and I immediately 
 departed. 
 
 I found her reclined upon a fettee, 
 with her eyes drowned in tears. So 
 tender a fighr dcftroycd all my refolution 
 in an inflant; I threw myfclf on my 
 knees, took one of her hands and bathed 
 it with my tears ; I curfcd myfelf a 
 thoufand limes for having offended 
 her; I asked her ten thoufand pardon?, 
 and added as many oaths and proiefta- 
 tions to aflure her of my eternal fide- 
 lity. At length fhe feemed afFvdted 
 with my manner, and giving me a look 
 full of affcftion and tendernefs, faid, 
 *' You owe your pardon to the great- 
 " nefs of my love, which makes me 
 
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 " weak enough to forgive ihe injury 
 " you have done me.*' I thanked her 
 for her goodnefs, rcllored her her ring, 
 and perfuaded her to drefs herfelf and 
 accompany me to the Governor's. Up- 
 on our arrival, every one congratulated 
 me upon my fuccefs in perfuading the 
 lady to honor the ball with her com- 
 pany, as it would not have been com- 
 plete without her. The entertainment 
 Wis afi ufual, and I waited of her home 
 in the morning. 
 
 The fame day Mr. B***, one of the 
 companions of my voyage, was provided 
 for by the interefl: of the Governor ; the 
 place of Receiver-General was vacated 
 by the death of the pofleflTor, and it 
 
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 was given to him. Mr. Prepont re- 
 commended care and caution to him, 
 but his mifcondudt, as I learned feme 
 time afterwards, and his too great con- 
 fidence in a free mulatto woman that he 
 was extravagantly fond of, occafioned, 
 without the neccffity of witchcraft, the 
 fudden difappearance of all his ca(h ; 
 the deficiency amounted to more than 
 five thoufand crowns. Mr. Prepont 
 paid ir, and the Governor repaid him. 
 This was another inflance (though by 
 no means the greateftj of the goodnefs 
 of M. de Champigny. The Governor 
 was Angular both in his thoughts and 
 aftions ; he never once told him of his 
 indifcretion, but ordered Mr. Prepont 
 to count out five hundred crowns, and 
 
 remit 
 
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The Chevalier Dupont. 47 
 
 remit ihem to Mr. B***, to make a tra- 
 ding voyage with among the Spaniards, 
 in order to re-cftabli(h his affairs. We 
 will defer fpeaking of what fucccfs he 
 had, until I return from my voyage to 
 Curacao in 1730. 
 
 I cannot avoid mentioning in thefe 
 memoirs an event which nroved the de- 
 pravity of the human heart : the minif- 
 ters of religion, who pretend to correft 
 the paffions, and preach moral doflrines, 
 ought to be much lefs fufceptible of 
 vice than others I think, if they would 
 add ftrength to their leffons. To in- 
 form others, it is neceffary to fet a good 
 example, or how can they believe the 
 neccflity of praftifing what they hear ? 
 
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 Neverthelefs, a bad example ought not 
 to influence thofe who are born and 
 educated in the Chriftian religion, and 
 are convinced of the truth of the facred 
 writings; and I fincerely wifh that it 
 did not thofe who are lefs informed ; 
 but they generally judge of the tru h 
 and neceffity of what they hear by the 
 lives and adions of the preachers. But 
 I beg pardon for this digreQion, and re-^ 
 rurn to my ftory. 
 
 About the month of November in 
 that year M. Gervaife, a bi/liop, arrived 
 at Martinico with three ecclefiaftics in 
 his train ; one was his chief pried, the 
 others were his private chaplain and fe- 
 crctary. The bifhop was a man of dif- 
 
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 linguiftied merit, of found religion, and 
 brother to the Abbe G^rvaife. He was 
 going to the country inhabited by the 
 favages on the river Oroonoko, in South 
 America, to exercife his apoftoh'cal func- 
 tion there, which till that time was fup- 
 plied by dominicans and jefuics ; but the 
 frequent mifunderftandings that hap- 
 pened among thefe fathers very much 
 hurt the progrcfs of religion. This pre- 
 late, very zealous for the propagation of 
 the gofpel, and furnifhed with proper 
 powers from the pope, was determined 
 to go there to fettle religion upon a 
 more certain foundation. 
 
 All the different religious orders in 
 
 the colonies came to vifu the bifliop, 
 
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 who lodged at the Governor's. Two 
 jefuits, among the reft, from Fort St. 
 Pierre, where they were the chiefs of 
 the houfe, brought a petition to the bi- 
 fhop, to implore his intereft with the 
 Governor to obtain a frelh grant of 
 fome land for the ufe of the order ; the 
 grant they requefted was for a very con- 
 fiderable piece of ground, and it re- 
 quired only the General's confcnt to put 
 them in pofltflion of it. He promifed 
 his influence. The bi(hop communi- 
 cated the petition that had been pre- 
 fented to him by the jefuits, to the Go- 
 vernor. M. de Champigny fliewed 
 him the regifter of the grants they had 
 before received at different times, fincc 
 
 their eftablifhment in thofe iflands. He 
 
 convinced 
 
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 already 
 
 ^ cient to 
 
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 convinced the bifhop that the lands they 
 already poflcffed, were more than fuffi- 
 cient to nnaintain aH thefe holy fathers, 
 if they lived in temperance and fobriety. 
 This caufe was the motive that induced 
 the Governor to refufe their requeft be- 
 fore, and it was fatisfadtory to the re- 
 verend father. 
 
 There were great mifunderftandings 
 between the jefuits and dominicans from 
 
 the difference of their fentiments. Thefe 
 arofe to fo great a heighth, that the bi- . 
 fliop thought it neceffary to interpofe, 
 in order to correal the acrimony with 
 which they treated each other, and to 
 reform fome abufes of religion that had 
 crept into the church ceremonies ; but 
 
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 he died a martyr \o his zeal, and with 
 him the jefaits murdered his chief prieft 
 and chaplain : but the fecretary found 
 means to efcape by flight from their fa- 
 vage fury. 
 
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 I had now bee;i five months at Mar- 
 tinico, and notwithftanding the happi- 
 nefs I enjoyed, I could not avoid wi(h- 
 ing to vifit other places, efpecially fince 
 the hopes M. de Champigny had in- 
 fpired me with. I took the liberty of 
 acq'iainting him wiih my defires one 
 evening, when we were alone ; he an- 
 fwered me with his ufual goodnefs, and 
 told me he had often thought of it, but 
 was willing to place me in the hands of 
 
 of a man, whom he could repofe a con- 
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 fidence in j that he wiflicd him to be a 
 man of experience, whofe judgment I 
 might rely on, and one in whom I might 
 find a very finccre friend. 
 
 About fifteen days after I had this 
 conven'ation with iM. de Champigny, 
 Mr. Prcpont came to Fort Royal to in- 
 form the Governor of his intention of 
 going to Marigalante, where he had a 
 ftore-houfe; he had a brigantine and 
 two (hallops which traded to St. Lucia^ 
 St, Vincent, and Domi lica ; (three of 
 the Caribbce iflands whi<>h were then in 
 the pofleflion of the French) he was 
 going, he faid, to make a trading 
 voyage, to go from thofe iflands to 
 Marigalante, and load his vefTel for Sc. 
 
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 Domingo, where he intended to traffic, 
 and return wiih gold dud, dollar^ 
 mules, affes, Spanifh tobacco, and cocoa. 
 The French iQands had been deprived 
 of fhis latter article, by a furious tern- 
 peft and eartliquakc, but as this cir- 
 cumftance has been fully related in 
 Europe fevera! times, I (liall avoid men- 
 tioning the particulars. Coffee was 
 u fed by the iflanders in the ftead of co- 
 coa, which was ail dtflroyed beyond re- 
 covery. At this time there were only 
 very few fpots of ground which pro- 
 duced coffee, but now it is a very confi- 
 derable article of commerce in Marii- 
 nicoi the bcft grows at the foot of a 
 mountain behind Fort Royal. This 
 mountain is fo very high, that in the 
 
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 cleared day the top of it is fcarcely to 
 be fcen •, it never is afcended unlels by 
 fome of the run- away negroes, who have 
 reported that there is ice on the top, 
 which is very aftonifliing in a country, 
 where all the feafons of the year are fo 
 very hot, that they never ufe fire in 
 their houfes. 
 
 As I was already well acquainted with 
 this gentleman, and he had an efteem 
 for me, I defired M. de Champigny to 
 fix his choice upon him ; he did fo, and 
 after they had been alone about half an 
 hour, I was called in. The Governor 
 informed me that Mr. Prepont was wil- 
 ling, upon his recommendation, to 
 take me along with him on his voyage, 
 
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 and would be both a faiher and friend 
 to me ; that he did not doubt but I 
 fhould anfwer the care and attention he 
 would have for my intereft ; that he 
 Avould order me a thoufand crowns, 
 which appeared to him enough for the 
 firft venture, as prudence required I 
 (hould not rifque much at firft. I re- 
 turned my moft fincere thinks to the 
 Governor; I (hewed at the fame li.ne 
 my approbation of the pcrfon he had 
 fixed on, in the higbeft terms I could 
 think of, and promifcd to comply with 
 the defires of Mr. Prepont in every 
 thing, and to afi; in nothing without his 
 advice and confenr. 
 
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 Mr. Prepont and myfetf had a long 
 conference on the fubjcft of our inten- 
 ded expedition, and we parted well fa- 
 tisfied with each other. Our departure 
 was fixed for the 20th of January, and 
 I took every opportunity the time af- 
 forded to prepare myfelf forthc voyage, 
 
 I had been ftrongly attached to 
 M'ifs Juliet V*** everfince my reconci- 
 liation with her 5 fhe feemed to return 
 my affcftion with great fincerity, and 
 had difchargtd the Chevaher G*** in a 
 very cruel manner. We gave recipro- 
 cal proofs of our love 5 we fwore eter- 
 nal fidelity and conftancy to each other: 
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 Martinico is the moft confiu '.rable of 
 all the French Weft-India iflands; it is 
 Cxteen or feventeen leagues long, and 
 about forty round. It is mountz*int5us, 
 and a great part of it very woody •, there 
 is one very confiderablc wood on the 
 mountain behind Fort Royal ; the land 
 is fruitful, and produces fugar, cof- 
 fee, cotton, indigo, rice, maize, miller, 
 caflada, (the root of this fmall (hrub is 
 poffeffed of a ftrong, poifonous, corro- 
 five juice, but when it is dry and pow- 
 dered, mixed up again with broth or 
 water and baked, it makes the bread 
 that is ufed univerfally among the ne- 
 groes, and very much among the white 
 people or Creoles) potatoes, pines, 
 oranges, citrons, lemons, cocoa nuts, 
 
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 (this fruit very much refembles in taQe 
 the nuts of Europe, a.id they contain 
 within their (hell a milky water which 
 is very fweet and rcfrelhing) banana?, 
 
 Indian figs, dates, but not of the fame 
 kind as thofe I have feen in India, which 
 furnifli bread, wine and oil ; thofe that 
 I now fpeak of, the inhabitants eat as 
 filad with other things, and confider 
 them as very delicate : it likewife pro- 
 duces plumb?, though very different 
 fwom ours, (chey are of a very harfli 
 tafte, and are eat only by the negroes) ; 
 their apricots are as large as the head 
 of a child fix months old ; they are co-^ 
 vered with a greyifli rind or flcin ; the 
 fruit refembles the mufhroom in appear- 
 ance, is very compaft, and of a fine 
 
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 flavor when ftewed or pickled, for 
 eaten raw, it is indigedible; its (lone is 
 fo very hard, that it is with difficulry 
 they break it. They have cherries al- 
 fo, but this fruit is rough and auftere ; 
 though when they are fermented for 
 five or fix days in water with the fcum 
 of fugar, they make a very agreeable 
 drink. They have a fpecies of the ap- 
 ple too, which fomewhat refembles a 
 kind that we have in France ; they are 
 fixed to the branch of a tree by a nut 
 inftead of a ftem, the kernel of which 
 is very fine, and they are called cachen 
 nuts : the apple itfelf is very hard, 
 and eatable only when roafted. Caflja 
 likewife grows here. 
 
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 This idand abounds with ferpents ; 
 the bite of feme of them is mortal: ic 
 likcwife produces a fpccics of the catter- 
 piller, which they call a bead of a thou- 
 fand feet, very differerjt from what we 
 here call the millepedes ; its bice is very 
 painful, generally followed by a violent 
 fever, which continues twenty - four 
 hours, and fometimes more. There 
 are abundance of mufquetos, a fpecies 
 of the gnat, the bites of which are al- 
 moft infopportable, and it is with the 
 utmoft difficulty they can clear the 
 apartments of them, or ever guard 
 themfelves from the inconveniencies they 
 occafion. This ifland is alfo much tor- 
 mented with a infeft they call a 
 chigger ; it is inconceivably fmall,and 
 
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 infinuates itfclf Into the (kin, efpecially In 
 tliC foles of the feet, where it caufes in- 
 ceflanc and violent itching, and in lefs 
 than twenty-four hours it raifes a large 
 puftule, which they open wiih a pin, or 
 the point of a pen knife, and take out 
 the animal j it leaves a cavity with le- 
 veral eggs in ir, and large enough to 
 put in a pea. If thefe animals are dif- 
 fered to remain long in the flefh, they 
 generally occafion a gangrene after- 
 v^ards; tobacco afhes, put into the ca- 
 vity, dcftroy the eggs. They have abjn- 
 dance of fine turtles, and fome of them 
 fo large as to weigh two or three hun- 
 dred weigh r. They have a great many 
 crabs, both red and white; fhell fi(h in 
 abundance j and oyfters are often found 
 
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 faftened to the branches of trees that 
 have been accidentally thrown into the 
 water. 
 
 The inhabitants of this and the other 
 kcward idands arc calfed Creoles. They 
 dt^ all of European original, (as the ori- 
 ginal natives of this ifland have been long 
 deftroyed) though fomewhat changed 
 in their manners, which may be in a 
 great meafure attributed to the difference 
 of the climate. Their religion is the 
 fame as ours, and their cuftoms. They 
 have negroes which they purchafe from 
 the coaft of Africa, to do the laborious 
 work. 
 
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 I have fecn very fine raifins produced 
 in this ifland by means of culture, 
 though policy prevents them encou- 
 raging the planting of vines ; as they 
 want many neceffaries, which they re- 
 ceive from Europe, and exchange for 
 ihem fugar, cotton, coffee, indigo, &c. 
 If they were to encourage thccuhure of 
 vines, it would diminifii the quantity of 
 the other commodities they export, and 
 for which they receive fomc neccffaries 
 they are in want of, whiKt their raiHns 
 or grapes would be but of little value in 
 mod European markets. 
 
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 There are fcveral fmall rivers in this 
 
 , ifland, the water of which is very good. 
 
 It is well inhabited, and divided into 
 
 diftriifts, 
 
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 didridlsy over each of which a captain 
 of the militia, who is always a native of 
 the ifland, prefides y who gives an ac* 
 count to the Governor-general of every 
 thing that paflcs in his part of the Kland^ 
 and every year gives in a lift of all that 
 are capable of bearing arms, which is 
 laid before the general court. 
 
 The principal places in this ifland 
 are, firft, Fort Royal, which is the beft 
 fituated and the ftrongeft fortified place of 
 any I have feen either in that or the ad- 
 jacent iflands. This is the place of refi- 
 dence for the Governor-general, aMajor- 
 general, two Adjutants, an Engineer, 
 and a Captain of the Port. At the 
 time I was there it was garrifoned wich 
 
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 four companies of foldiers from France, 
 and a company of Swifs, confifting of 
 two hundred men. There are two 
 large clfterns in it for water, barracks 
 for the men, and a chapel. 
 
 In this road, which is an exceeding 
 good one, all the veflels, which remain 
 generally nine months in the year in the 
 road of For: St. Pierre, a trading town 
 about twenty miles diftance, come to 
 fhelter ihemfclves from the hurricanes, 
 which are here very frequent and terrible 
 for the fpace of three months. 
 
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 phyfician and furgeon ; there is alfo a 
 treafurer, an<} a juftice who is appointed 
 
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 by the council of Martinico, which af- 
 fembles every two months for the fpace 
 of five days, to judge of all appeals that 
 are laid before them. The council con- 
 fiftsof the governor-genera), who is prc- 
 fidenf, the fpeaker, who collcfts the 
 votes, and fpeaks the decifion of the 
 members, • the deputy governor, tlic 
 attorney-general, and eight other mem- 
 bers. There is alfo a King's folicitor, 
 whofe office it is to pre 'ent heirs at law 
 being any ways injured or deprived of 
 their property. There is only one pa- 
 ri(h church in this town, which is dedi- 
 cated to St. Louis ; it is ferved by the 
 capuchins, who have a very pretty con- 
 vent here, which is the only one in 
 town. 
 
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 Juft out of the town, upon the banks 
 oF a little river, is a very pretty houfe, 
 built for the reception of the fpeakcr 
 during the fitting of the council, or 
 v^bilft he chufes to refide in it. 
 
 
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 a public hofpital, fupported by fubfcrip- 
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 The fecond principal place on this 
 ifland is Fort St. Pierre, which is the 
 only trading town in the ifland, and dif- 
 tant about feven leagues from Fort 
 Royal. The lieutenant governor and 
 the intendanr, or the fpeaker of the 
 council, make it the common place of 
 their refidence. There are two com- 
 panies 
 
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 panics of French and a detachment of 
 Swifs, an ofRce for naval affairs, an- 
 other of juftice, where an officer pre- 
 fides as at Fort Royal, and is appointed 
 by the council ; a convent of Domini- 
 cans, and another of Jefuits, The 
 town is very rich and well peopled, and 
 the road affords excellent anchorage. 
 
 3. Trinity Forr, where there is a de- 
 tachment of French. 
 
 4. Fort Marigor. 
 
 5. Fort de Mouillage, in which there 
 are feme companies of militia. 
 
 6. The river Salle, near which the 
 King's lieutenant refided, who com- 
 manded the two latter forts. 
 
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 The day of our departure being ar- 
 rived, I took leave of the Marquis de 
 Champigny and all my friends, and 
 embarked with Mr. Preponr. We 
 failed firft ^or Fort St. Pierre, to declare 
 our voyage it c.^e navy office, and the 
 next day we fet iail for St. Vincent's. 
 We arrived there the third day after our 
 departure from Fort Royal, and we 
 found our brigantine at anchor in the 
 road with the two (hallops. 
 
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 This is another of the caribbee iflands; 
 it is rather of an oval figure, being up- 
 wards of eight leagues in length, and 
 about feven in breadth. The air 
 is healthful, the ifland well peopled, 
 and the land, though irregular, fer- 
 
 tiJe, 
 
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 tile, and produces very fine tobaccc. 
 They grow the Turkey corn here, and 
 very fine rice, potatoes and cocoa, with 
 other articles of the common produdlion 
 of mod of the iflands. They have 
 plenty of (hcll-Bdi, and fome of them 
 of an exquifitc tafte, fuch as the red crab, 
 oyfters, &c. They have alfo great plenty 
 of excellent fifh, and fome few turtles ; 
 very many goats, and abundance of game. 
 They have not many reptiles, though 
 they have a great quantity of lizards of 
 [different fpecies; they are four-footed 
 ianimals, very harmlefs, without poifon. 
 |I(s latitude is 12. 50^. 
 
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 tbitantsofchefe iflandsdill remainingboth 
 
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 at St. Vinccni*s and Dominica, and they 
 arc of two kinds : one are as black as 
 jett. with (hort woolly hair, high fore^ 
 heads, large eyes, a fomewhat long 
 nofe, wide mouth, thick lips, aad very 
 white teeth. Thefe are tall, well made, 
 ftrong, robuft,. and of a pleafing coun- 
 tenance. Th^othcrs are naturally of an 
 oJive caft, but they appear of the co- 
 lor of brafs or copper, as they color 
 themfelves over every day, that they 
 may be like thofe of Sr. Lucia, which 
 I fliall afterwards mention under the 
 name of Red Caribbees, They are ve- 
 ry adtive in their running and other 
 exercifcs, and very expert in the ufe of 
 the bpw, which they employ in the 
 chacc. Their arrows are always poi- 
 
 fonedj 
 
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 foncJ ; they dip the points of them in a^ 
 decoftion of herbs, gums, and the man- 
 gerille apple, (a fruit common in molt 
 of the iflands in the Weft-Indies; it is 
 very fair to the eye, but is a mortal 
 poifon if fwallowed, nay the lying un-v 
 der the tree has been known to produce 
 fatal cffedls^ which gives them a ma* 
 lignity that renders all the wounds mor- 
 tal they occafion. They have another, 
 weapon which they ufe in battle ; it is a 
 large piece of wood, made in the club 
 manner, about five or fix and twenty, 
 inches longt and five or fix thick at the 
 bottom, which is gradually tapered to 
 the upper part, through which is bored 
 a hole, and a red cord is put through 
 it, which fervea to hang it upon their 
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 wrift by. This wood is very hard and 
 heavy, and of a grecnifli caft. For 
 every enemy ihey kill or take prifoncr, 
 they make a notch on their club •, and 
 when there is a neceffity of chufing a 
 chief, that perfon is elefted whofe club 
 has the moft notches. The authority 
 of the chief exifts no longer than the 
 caufe that occafioned the necelTuy of 
 eledting him continues. 
 
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 They are naturally graceful, well 
 proportioned, generous, officious ; not 
 deceitful, but true and faithful in ful- 
 filling their engagements; but revenge- 
 ful to an extreme degree. They are 
 temperate in every thing, except the 
 
 ufe of a liquor, which is a kind of rum, 
 
 made 
 
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 made of the fcum of fugar and water 
 fermented together, which they after- 
 wards diftil, and are very fond of. 
 This liquor is very ftrong, and the 
 ftrength of if, with the fumes of tobac- 
 cOt which they fmoke all day, fome- 
 times (lupifies them for the fpacc of 
 eight and forty hours, and fometimes 
 makes them quite raving mad. 
 
 Their religion is very fimple ; they 
 adore, under the name of Longus, the 
 Creator of the world ; ihey believe, that 
 he pofleflfes an unlimited power ; that 
 he always keeps thunder by his fide, to 
 terrify thofe who refufe to pay him his 
 due worlhip i they adore only one God, 
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 reported, who have taken for deities the 
 good arid bad genii, which they admit 
 oft- There arc fome bafe men, who im- 
 pofc on the credulity of theft people 
 ' with impunity, and encourage them in 
 their fuperftition from mercenary views, 
 lliey have no priefts, nor places dedi- 
 cated to worfhip. They generally ad- 
 drefs their deity morning, noon, and 
 evening in fhort ejaculations, raifing 
 their hands towards the fun, which they 
 confider as his throne; and they are 
 very much frighted when it happens to 
 be concealed by a cloud. They have a 
 great veneration for the moon ; at every 
 new one, they tcftify their joy by their 
 cries, dances, arid a thoufand fingular 
 
 poftures. They believe in the immoN 
 
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 lality of the foul, which they place in 
 ihe heart. They think there will be 
 rewards and puhifhmems after death, 
 and are very drift obferyers pf the laws 
 of nature. They confider our mifllpna- 
 ries as impoftors, who only endeavor 
 to feduce them. They Hiy that they 
 do not praftifc themfelves, what they 
 would make them believe is abfo- 
 lutely neccflaryto pleaieGcd, therefore 
 jhey can put no faiih in their do6lrines. 
 It is very unfortunate that ihcfli peoplis 
 ftjould have been fo often witncfs to the 
 divifions that exifl: between the mifliona- 
 ries of the different orders, their cabals, 
 their quarrels, hatred, and fometimcs 
 the troobiefome confequences that are 
 the refclt of them. They feem ^o hayp 
 
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 greatcft veneration for the Capuchins j 
 they love them, and will defend them 
 if ncceflary. If they had never known 
 any other, perhaps the Catholic reli- 
 gion would have been better received 
 Thefe fathers appear more detached 
 from the things of the world than the 
 other orders, and live nearer to the doc- 
 trines they preach. Thefe favages pof- 
 fcfs good knk and found judgment; 
 they are not learned, but they are ho. 
 ncft men. 
 
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 Their employment confifts chiefly in 
 the culture of thofe lands that they ufe 
 for their fubfiftence. They are com- 
 mon, and ferve indifcriminately to thofe 
 that follow the chace. Their huts arc 
 
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 built of wood, and covered with the fu- 
 gar canes after the juice has been cx- 
 trafled out of them ; they lie upon 
 mats made of the fame, which fomewhat 
 rcfembles thofe we ufe here. 
 
 In the middle of the hut they have a 
 wooden box filled with afhes or earth to 
 fpit in. They are very civil to ftrangers, 
 cfpecially the French, 
 
 Their women are very chaft. Adul- 
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 unmarried ate in general very chaft 
 too, as their incontinence being once 
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 Both men and women go almoft na-- 
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 of cloth round their waifts. The vfo- 
 liien delight vc^y much in necklaces 
 and bracelets, which are made of coral, 
 glafs, or cryftal. They wear in their 
 cars plates of meral, which refembles 
 gold in color. They are very induf- 
 rrious, and they travel much about the 
 ifland. 
 
 The parents or ntareft kinfmen make 
 the marriage, by demanding a wife or 
 hufband for their child: vi. ; then a pipe 
 5s prefented to the dcftined bride, which 
 ihe fmoaks, and prefents it to the man 
 defigned for her hufband, which he 
 
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 uoth the copper coloured and tHfe 
 blfick favages rcfemble each other iri 
 every thing, except the former being 
 more indolent, penGve, and melancholy ; 
 they think on the prefenr, and no fur- 
 ther. I (hall have occafion to fpcak of 
 them afterwards. If the account I have 
 given differs from former ones by other 
 authors, I Have only to fay, that I re- 
 late what I have ften rinyfelf. - * 
 
 ' We remained fifte^ri* ddys i» thi^ 
 ifland to take irt ballaft, #iater irtd woodi 
 I made ^ purchafe 6f tobaccd, amount-^ 
 ing to fdurr hundred *li<^fe9, Spaniili 
 money. It ^ould have been' happy for 
 osi as rtie cVent proved, if we had 
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 February, and the next day met with a 
 mod terrible ftorm, accompanied with 
 ihe mod violent thunder claps I ever 
 heard, and fcarcely the interval of a fe- 
 
 fond between them. The heavens 
 feemed on lire, the fea ran mountains 
 tiigb, and each wave feemed to threaten 
 pur deftruCtion. Our mads were all 
 carried by the board, and perhaps it was 
 happy for us they were, as probably 
 they would have been the caufe of our 
 oversetting. This- tempeft continued 
 eight hcyrfu and was fuccecded by a 
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 calm, we fet up jury mafts in the 
 brigantine, and mended the fail in one 
 ihallop (the other having parted com- 
 pany) which was the only damage fhe 
 had received j there foon afterwards 
 fprung up a gentle breeze, which car- 
 ried us fafe to St. Lucia on the tenth of 
 February in the afternoon, where we 
 came to an anchor. After having gi- 
 ven the proper order for the repairing 
 of the brigantine, we went alhoreto the 
 houfe of Father Athanafius, a Capuchin, 
 and great friend of Mr. Prepont, with 
 whom he commonly lodged whenever 
 he went to that ifland. 
 
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 (hip between them. 
 
 During the abode that we made in 
 this iOand, which continued upwards of 
 a week, a very fingular adventure hap 
 pened to me, which I (hall here relate. 
 We were hunting one day in company 
 with two Frenchmen and a German, 
 when being fomewhat wearied with the 
 cjiiace, we fat down upon what feemed 
 
 to be a tree, torti lip by the late winds. 
 I had not fat more than five minutes, 
 
 when I felt a motion that feemed to me 
 to be that of the earth ; upon my dart- 
 ing lip fuddenly, my companions were 
 frighted, came* up to me, and afl<:ed 
 
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 what was the matter ? I told them 1 
 thought I felt an earthquake. We im- 
 mediately fell with our faces to the earth 
 and liftened with our ears to the ground, 
 if there were any noifc. After having 
 remained fo for fome minutes, we got 
 up, perfuaded that it was a mere chi- 
 mera; but calling our eyes to the fide 
 where we had far, wc faw, with the ut- 
 moft aftoniflimenr, that our feat had 
 changed its fituation,, and we perceived 
 the head of a mpnftrous fcrpent, the 
 
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 V'e loft no time, but difcharged our 
 pieces at the animal, and killed it. It 
 meafured twenty-one feet in length vyith- 
 out the h^ad, and it was fhree feet fome 
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 never feen fo large a one before on that 
 jfland, though they frequently had them 
 very large. We quitted the chace, 
 and returned to Father Athanafius's with 
 the monfler, which we made the negroes 
 Ikin and (luff. We fent it to the Mar- 
 quis de Champigny, who carried it to 
 France, and preferved it together with 
 the head of a fea-horfe that was made 
 him a prefent of. 
 
 St. Lucia is about twenty-four or 
 twenty-five leagues in circumference, 
 nearly in the centre between Martinico, 
 St. Vincent^s, and Barbadoes. It has 
 two confiderable mountains in it, which 
 would be as fertile as St. Vincent^s, if 
 they were as well cultivated. They 
 
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 have great plenty of turtles, and an ex« 
 qiiinte fifh (hey call the dodlor, as Ic 
 has two points as (harp as launcecs, 
 vhich it can throw out at pleafure on 
 each fide the navel, which cut very 
 deep, and the wound is very painful af- 
 terwards. No fifli of prey, even the 
 (hark when hungry, ever attempts 
 to fwallow thefe, upon account of their 
 launcets. In the latitude of this ifland 
 there is great abundance of (harks, 
 which is called dog-fi(h by feveral ; ic 
 is the moft voracious of all fi(h. I was 
 Oh. day a witnefs to a (hocking fcene ; 
 a young fellow, cleaning the oucfide of a 
 ve(rcl in the road at Fort Royal, fell 
 over board, and before he could gain 
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 one of thcfe filii took oflF his legs about 
 eight inches above tht knee, and be^ 
 fore he could be laid hcfld of by any of 
 the crew, another cartie and finithed 
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 The natives of this ifland are of the 
 copper color, though naturally only of 
 an olive; but the means they ufe to 
 change their complexion have gained 
 them the name of Red Caribbees. I 
 faw no black favages in this ifland^ as n 
 St. Vinceni*s and Dominica. They 
 are of low ftature, badly made, (hort 
 face, little eyes, Hoping forehead, broad 
 flat nofe, and have long black hair» 
 They bathe almoft all day, and rub 
 their joints with oil to make them fup- 
 ple, and enable them to be aflive and 
 expert in their exercifcs. 
 
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 Their dirpoflcion, manners, religion, 
 occupations, and cuftoms, differ but lit- 
 tle from thofe of the Caribbees of St. 
 Vincent's, They go almoft naked as 
 they do. They pafs through their 
 nofes, which are bored as well as their 
 cars, a litde bit of wire, at the ends of 
 which they faften fmall places of yellow 
 metal^ 
 
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 the people of France to thofe of any 
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 eleven years he had been in that ifland, 
 he had baptized fix hundred children, 
 and fome of them near ten years of age. 
 ■This Capuchin had gained the efteem 
 and friendOiip of the.favages fo much, 
 fpoke their language fo well, and treated 
 them with fuch fofcnefs, that they made 
 him frequent prefents of all the dainties 
 the ifland afforded. He hoped, he faid, 
 that if God preferved his life ten years 
 longer, he (hould be able to make them 
 true Chriftians, by inftilling into them 
 the pra(5ticeof all the moral virtues, and 
 deftroying their vices. He cook care, 
 he faid, not to fpeak too openly of their 
 cuftoms, as they were very jealous of 
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 good houfev it wft divided into fix 
 licde chdmbei'is, iii &^ of ifi^hich he had 
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 the houfe, in which h^ bad a fire-place, 
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 ckdicated to St. Trinity* It was very 
 fpacious, and would, eafily contain more 
 than a hundred perfons. The whole 
 was inclofcd by a ftrong fence tea feet 
 high, made of a very hard wood, the 
 name of which I have forgor. He 
 lived very happy here, for boih men 
 and women were ready to give him 
 every affiftance be wanted. 
 
 On the 19th of February, our bri* 
 gantine, being fufficiently repaired, we 
 thanked Father Athanafius, with whom 
 we had lived fihce we c;ime to the iQand, 
 gave him two Spaiiiiih piftoles ca^h, and 
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 The next day, at feven in the morn- 
 ing, we weighed and failed with our 
 brigancine and (hallop for Dominica, 
 where we cJcpedlcd to meet with our 
 other (hallop. We arrived there the 
 2 2d, about three in the afternoon, 
 but the commander of the other Ihallop, 
 having taken in wood and water, had 
 failed in the morning for Marigalante, 
 where he knew we (hould follow him •, 
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 five wide, and thirty-five round. It is 
 inhabited by Caribbees, or favages of 
 two colors, as Sr. Vincent's 5 they go 
 
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 aImo(t naked, and are the fame as thofe 
 of St. Vincent's in their difpoGtions, 
 manners, occupations, cudoms, and re- 
 ligion. Here are plenty of crabs, of 
 loth the red and white kind, all forts of 
 (hdl B(h, plenty of fi(h of all kinds, and 
 turtles. They have but few reptiles; 
 there is one they call the dog's head, 
 from its head being thick and fhort like 
 that of a young whelp; the body is 
 like that of a ferment *, it is not venom- 
 ous, nor troublefome, unlefs attacked, 
 when it bites like a dog *, it deftroys 
 fowls, rats, and e/cry kind of bird it 
 can catch ; it afcends the trees to de- 
 vour the young ones in their nefts ; it 
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 Here are crocodiles, but they arc very 
 rare. 
 
 This ifland is level and even, the 
 land not very fertile, but affords ex- 
 cellent water. It has abundance of doves 
 and partidges ; thefe latter are very 
 large, and are of a better tafte than t hofe of 
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 On the 23d, i £ fix in the morning, 
 we weighed anchor, and failed for Ma- 
 rigalante, where we arrived at feven in 
 the evening, and found our other (hal- 
 lop, which had arrived the eveniflg be- 
 fore. We came to an anchor, and fa- 
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 non. Mr. Prcpont and I went afhorc, 
 to make a vifit to the Governor, who 
 was the Marquis dePoincy (and a relation 
 of the lateMarchionefs deChampigny), 
 for whom I had a letter from the Go- 
 vernor-general, He detained us to fup- 
 per, after which he made me fo many 
 intrcaties to live with him during the 
 time we continued there, that I could 
 not avoid promifing.him to come again 
 the next day, and accept his invitation. 
 I was fomewhat troubled however to 
 quit Mr. Prepont, who exprcfled the 
 greatcft friendfhip for me, which I re- 
 turned with the greateft fincerity j but 
 he was determined to fleep aboard, that 
 he might, by his prefence, keep the 
 crews belonging to the vefllls in good 
 
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 About eleven the next day I went 
 afhore, fent my baggage to the Marquis 
 de Poincy's, where I followed it in an 
 hour. I found there a feleft, thougli 
 numerous company,, not only of officers, 
 but of the inhabitants of both fexes. 
 After dinner the company engaged at 
 ombre in different panics; I refufed 
 playing, bccaufe I did not like the 
 game. An officer, about thirty years 
 of age, captain of a company of militia, 
 who that day dined at the Governor's, 
 with his mother and fifter, who had 
 been a widow about a year, though then 
 only eighteen years of age, and myfelf, 
 
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 continued idle and unemployed. He 
 propofed a game at piquet to me, at 
 a piaftre a fi(h, (a piaftre is wortli 
 about five (hillings Ilerling) ; I accepted 
 the challenge, and won fevcnteen fi(h of 
 him : undoubtedly the fmallnefs of his 
 fortune made him fenfible of the lofs, for 
 he appeared very much piqued, and in 
 fecking his revenge he loft eleven more. 
 Whilft we were playing, I (aw that his 
 lovely fiftcr had tears in her eyes, and 
 could with difficulty fupport the ill luc!c 
 of her brother ; this afTcfted me very 
 much, and when the party was finifhed, 
 her brother, throwing down nine Spa- 
 ni(h piftoles to pay me, I asked him 
 if he was dreaming, faying, that he 
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 and a half at a (hilling a fi(h, as we had 
 played, (a (hilling is about feven-pence 
 three farthings fterlirg) ; he fwore that 
 he had propofcd a piaftre ; that I had 
 confented ; that he was not a child, 
 and he ihojgjt I was determined to af- 
 front him ; I anfwered him that I had 
 underllood him a (hilling only, other- 
 wife I (hould not have accepted the pro- 
 pofal, as my fortune would not permit 
 me to play for fuch confiderable fums, 
 and that if I had loft I (hould have paid 
 him no more. The Governor hearing 
 the debate, and asking the caufe, was of 
 my way of thinking upon hearing the 
 whole ftory, and the cfEcer was obliged 
 to take up his money again, except three 
 piaftres and a half. I was charmed to 
 
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 fee joy return into the eyes of the fifter, 
 who, as well as the mother, compli- 
 mented me very much. 
 
 As foon as the company had retired, 
 and the Marquis and myfeif were left 
 alone, he asked me to tell him fincerely 
 whether we had played for a piaftre or 
 a (hilling. I could not avoid telling 
 him the truth, with my remarks and 
 conjeftures i he praifcd my difinterefted- 
 ncfs very much, but he was ignorant of 
 the caufe : for, to fpcak fincerely, it was 
 rather the efFedl of an inclination that 
 the fifter had infpired me with, and I 
 was glad of an opportunity of gaining 
 her efteem and friendlhip, by an aft of 
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 me, that the fortune of that officer, 
 whofe name was M. de Chan^y, was 
 very narrow 5 that the fuddcn death cf 
 a brother-in-law, who had married his 
 fifter about eight months before he died, 
 and had left no children, had given a 
 new cxpence to the family, that, ex- 
 cepting his love of play, which he un- 
 derftood but very little of, he was the 
 moft amiable; man in the world. 
 
 It was now two days fince I had fcen 
 Mr. Prcponr. who was employed in 
 loading his vefiels \ I began to be wea- 
 ried, and went aboard to him the third 
 day. '* What ! have not you quite for- 
 got me then ?'* he Hiid, as foon as he 
 faw me. This reproach affcfted me; 
 
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 him, and protefted that nothing would 
 ever be capable of making me forget 
 his friendfliip, I related the whole of 
 what had happened at the Governor's 
 with M. de Chanzy, without fuppref- 
 fing any circumftance of it. He per- 
 ceived that I wifhed to fay fomeihing 
 more than 1 had yet done, and asked 
 me what it w^as. " Your uneafy air," 
 
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 he faid, *' diftreffes me very much ; 
 " what has happened to you ? Do not 
 " be afraid of difcovering yourfelf to 
 " ms ; you ought to know me ; you 
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 " you may depend upon my fecrecy 
 " and fincerity.'' -I told him that he 
 injured me in believing I concealed any 
 thing from him ; that nothing had hap- 
 pened fince I left him, except the affair 
 of M. de Chanzy ; but apropos, I con- 
 tinued, " do you know Mrs. Chanzy? 
 " Her polite behavior to me deferves, I 
 *' think, that I (hould make her a 
 " vific i befides, it will be a place where 
 *' I can fometimes pafs an agreeable 
 •' hour after ihe dulnefs that muft incvi- 
 •' tably attend at the Governor's, where 
 *' every thing is very ferious ; and I 
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 a very intimate friend of his j that he 
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 approved very much of my intentions, 
 independent of Mrs. Chanzy, who was 
 a woman well refpcfted 5 that I fhould 
 alfo find her daughter, who was called 
 Mrs. Norfoy, and was a young widow, 
 very amiable, poffefied a great fhare of 
 merir, which was joined wih great 
 beauty, a fine underftanding, and the 
 fweeteft difpofition imaginable; that he 
 did not doubt Ihe would be happy in 
 the defire I had exprefled of being ac- 
 quainted with her; that to fhew he was 
 not a dupe to his own opinion, and to 
 prove his regard for me, he would that 
 day, immediately after dinner, make the 
 vifit I dcfired ; but he wifhed that he 
 might not have reafon one day to repent 
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 It was about noon when we went 
 alhore, and after we had dined, we 
 went to Mrs Chanzy's, whom we found 
 accompanied only by her daughter. 
 The charms of Mr^. Norfoy, which 
 made a very ftrong impreffion on n:c 
 the day I faw her at the Governor's, 
 n^vv affe(5i;ed me fo much, that all the 
 faculties of my foul feemed fufpended. 
 I never in my life faw fo beautiful a wo- 
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 no man ever made fo truly ridiculous an 
 appearance as myfclf. It was with the 
 utmoft difficulty that I could make any 
 anfwer to the many obliging things the 
 ladies faid, and they were fuch as would 
 fliew, that I thought of nothing lefs 
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 kaves, Mrs. Chanzy invited us to din- 
 ner the next day. As r)on as we were 
 out of hearing, Mr. Prepont laughed ac 
 aie exceflively, and told nie that I ought 
 to think myfelf very happy in the many 
 failles of wit that had that day efcaped 
 me, and he did not doubt but the ladies 
 would have a great opinion of the nne- 
 nefs of my underftanding. Taking a 
 more ferious air, he defired that'vvhen I 
 had any defign to play fuch a fcene over 
 again, I would engage another to intro- 
 duce me. Then, taking me by the 
 hand, he faid, " Ah ! my friend, you 
 *' are ftruck by an unlucky little deity. 
 " Refleft a moment upon it; it is not 
 ** yet too late to conquer •, upon your 
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 " had compleated my lading and could 
 ** depart 10- morrow ; but 1 will ufe 
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 " this afternoon." — Upon our arrival 
 at the Governor's, he promifed to call of 
 me at noon the next day, and returned 
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 blefome confequcr.ccs that might refult 
 from my cherifhing ir, as it might ren- 
 der me miferable the remainder of my 
 life, cfpecially as necefTity compelled 
 mc t^f^profccute my voyage indeed the 
 nectflity was increafed, if I thought of 
 forming a connexion with Mrs.Norfoy, 
 as we were neither of us pofiTefled of a 
 fortune ; and the endeavouring to ac- 
 quire one, might perhaps fcpara(c me 
 for ever from the objeft I adored : ne- 
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 fent an invincible obftacle to my wi(hes, 
 and to wait in expeftation of what I 
 might pojftbly poffcfs, was perhaps de- 
 ferring my happincfs to a diftanr period, 
 which my impatience could not brook. 
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 Mifs Juliet V*** was fometimes an 
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 her with the circumftances of the ring ; 
 fhe is falfe ! I cried ; (he has no caufe 
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 flie related it, is fi^Slitious ! what reafon 
 have I to believe the Chevalier G*** 
 difguifed the truth ? He has told the 
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 underftand finefle ; befides, fo egregious 
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 in a very low voice. " I am really 
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 " I have done you undefigncdiy ?" 
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 " of my life." My tongue flopped 
 here, and niy eyes fpoke the reft. She 
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 to the window, where I followed her. 
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 " go there with my negro woman ; I 
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 and upon my leaving them, dcfired the 
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 I conduced him to the Governor's, 
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 moll: diftrefsful palpitation at my heart; 
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 retiring behind her at fome (hort diftance, 
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 " from your own mouth the afiurancc 
 " of an eternal felicity, or the fentence 
 " of death." I was thus going on to 
 deliver myfelf in a fpeech, which I had 
 ftudied, when (he (lopped me, by telling 
 me, that (he knew all I wanted to fay ; 
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 fituation of my affairs, now let us ex- 
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 the man you thought worthy of you, 
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 leave to confcfs my love to you when- 
 ever opportunity prefents, in the 
 hopes of being one day able to gain 
 your eftcem. To that favour deign, 
 Madam, to add another, that is, to 
 permit me to write to you during my 
 abfence^ that I may by that means 
 give an account of the progrcfsof my 
 affairs, which, from the moment of 
 fuch permiflion, will become your 
 concern ; and, to complete my hap* 
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 have an idea of. You are now in a 
 climate that does not commonly pro- 
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 lent, and generally but of fliort dura- 
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 " alas ! the firft pretty objcdt that pre- 
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 *' you are going to, will make you for- 
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 thofe yea have paijnted ; but I 
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 from thence, that it. produces only 
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 <* is fuch a condufion! a heart like 
 '* mine, fcnfible of the laws of nature, 
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 " examples, merits your good wiflies. 
 " Yes, my adorable conqueror, I take 
 *' heaven to witnefs, that till now I ne- 
 •' ver knew what love was, that my de- 
 *^ figns are honorable, and that I will 
 " fooner ceafe to live than ceafe to 
 " love you." " It is enoqgh,*' (he faid ; 
 " I believe you ; I will not diflembic 
 " with you ; I will confcfs that you 
 " have plcafed me, and that I wi(h you 
 " to bs really fuch as you appear to be, 
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 it to her, and procure her approbation, 
 which will prevent me being wearied 
 with importunities for beftowing my 
 hand, before the time that you have 
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 this anfwcr. It was then near ten 
 o'clock; I took the hand of my charmer, 
 which I kifled a thoufand times, and led 
 her home, where, from the joint in- 
 tit&ties of the mother and brother, who 
 were there ac that time, I ftaycd to 
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 I never pafied a night fo agreeably 
 without flecp, the very approach of 
 which I (hunned by every poffible means, 
 but I vi^s obliged to yield to nature 
 about five o'clock in the morning, and 
 at ten Mr. Prepont entered into my 
 apartment, from bis vifit to the Gover- 
 nor. He told me, that he had orders 
 from the Marquis de Champigny to re- 
 turn immediately to Fort Royal with 
 his brigantine in ballaft only, and he 
 dtTired to know if I intended to return 
 with him. This was a thunder ftroke 
 to me ; I immediately faw that it was 
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 not hefirate, but faid I would accom- 
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 favor of hiiii to wait, till I had dreffed, 
 upon the terras^, as I had fomething of 
 importance to communicate to him. 
 He complied, and I prefcntly afterwards 
 joined him : I gave him a minute de- 
 tail of every thing that had paffed the 
 preceding evening between me and 
 Mrs. Norfoy, without omitting the moft 
 trivial circumftance. During all th^ 
 time I fpoke, I faw him attend to my 
 words with an air of aftonifliment which 
 furprized me •, but I did not fufifer hina 
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 " Things are now advanced to that 
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 that houfe ! You have made greac 
 advances in a Ihort time, but who 
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 as fuccefsful and fpeedy in your mer- 
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 " afraid of this connexion diftrcfling 
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 •• with what you have defired of me, 
 *' unlcfs you promife to communicate 
 " every thing that occurs between you.** 
 I immediately gave him my word to 
 keep nothing fccret from him. Upon 
 bis leaving me, he faid, ^' I am going 
 '^ from this place toMrs.Chanzy*s, but 
 '' before my fpeaking to her, I (hall be 
 " glad to have an opportunity of fpeak- 
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 would cominue there, or accompany 
 Mr. Prepont. 
 
 I told the Marquis th«it i( would af- 
 ford me infinite pleafure to remain with 
 him, but my gratitude and inclina- 
 tion would not fuffer me to lofe fuch an 
 opportunity of fhewing to the Governor 
 the fcnfe I had of his favors. He praifed 
 me very much, and told me he would 
 give me a letter for him, which would 
 contain an account of the death of 
 Monf. de Varigny, captain of a company 
 of Buchancers, (which was one of the 
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 in whom I remarked a fulien air, which 
 was by no means a good omen, I 
 thought, efpccially as I did not fee Mrs. 
 Norfoy. After fitting about a quarter 
 of ail hour, I got up, under pretence of 
 going away, but Monf. and. Mad. 
 Chanzy Oppofc; it. At length I faw 
 Mrs. Norfoy appear; (he gave me a 
 gracious fmile, and fat down near Mr. 
 Prepont, whofe countenance did not 
 change. Soon afterwards Mrs. Norfoy, 
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 *< defire to ferve you in the peribn of 
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 *^ It needs fuch a motive to induce me 
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 •* dear/* To leave her no longer in 
 fufpenoe, I gave her an account of every 
 thing that had paflfed between me and 
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 " company, which I ba^e not the kaft 
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 " you at a proper tinie ; depend upon 
 ** liiy ufing every means to promote 
 ^^ your intereft i I (hall inform the Go- 
 ^^ vertlor of your family and fervices, 
 *' and ihall particularly remind him of 
 *' your accompanying him on his expe- 
 <' dition to St. Lucia. 1 fhall think 
 " myfelf happy if my zeal for your in- 
 " tereft renders me worthy of your 
 *' efteem and fricndfliip,'* After having 
 received the thanks of the family, Mr. 
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 faid. " Since fortune, my dear friend, 
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 We rejoined the company, who had^ 
 pafTed into another apartment, and fat 
 down to table; I was placed between 
 the brother and fifter, each of whom ex- 
 prefied the greatcft attention to me. 
 The former invited me to go to llip 
 wi(h him in the cvenirg at his own 
 houfe, where he had promifed to return 
 to fome company, and he would accom- 
 pany me back the next day, if I would 
 (lay the night with him. I excufed 
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 next day, to thank him for his good 
 wiflies; and faid, that at my return it 
 would give me a finguiar pleafure to 
 pafs fome days with him in the country. 
 As M. Chanzy was obh'ged to go home, 
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 mounted his horfe, and rode off, after 
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 the place where wc had walked the pre- 
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 often fo many things to fay, that 
 they know not how to begin ; we con- 
 tinued filent for a confiderable time ; at 
 length we began to complain of the ne- 
 ceflity of my abfence •, we gave each to 
 the other the ftrongeft protedations of 
 fkielity and love. After we had paflfed 
 an hour in thus exchanging vows, I 
 waited on my Lady home, who, for the 
 firfl: time permitted me to embrace her, 
 and I returned to the Governor's. 
 
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 " fame time I reproach myfcif for my 
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 your friend, although he has been 
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 " me, I will fufFer you to read my letter 
 « before I fcal if," 
 
 Although I was then very young, and 
 had but little experience of the worldy 
 it was not difEcult for me to fee, by the 
 manner in which the Marquis delivefcd 
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 The next day M. Chanzy waited 
 on the Governor, who embraced him, 
 ar:u in the mod engaging manner de- 
 tained him to dinner-, after which I 
 accompanied him to hismothei s, where 
 we found Mr. Preponr, who had waited 
 for us with as much impatience as Mrs, 
 Norfoy, to learn how things had paffed 
 at the Marquis's, which M. Chanzy gave 
 a very favorable account of. I avoided 
 faying any thing of the conference I had 
 had with the Governor, leSft I (hould 
 make them lofe their courage, or dimi- 
 nifli the efteem he expreffed for me, and 
 by that means injure me in my amour. 
 As I paflfed by the door the next morn* 
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 and alkcd news of her miftrefs, who in- 
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 chamber. I took the advantage of the 
 opportunity to paint 10 her the exccfs 
 of my love, and to receive a tender re- 
 turn. Whilft I was embracing her, I 
 took the liberty of kiffing her neck ; 
 flie retired with precipitation, and look- 
 ing at me very angrily, told me, in a 
 manner that (hewed her chagrin at the 
 fame time, " You may depart, Sir, as 
 •' foon as you pleafe •, you are too af- 
 " fuming, and not refpeftful enough 
 " to the woman you pretend to love | 
 ** I know your nature well, and fear 
 " that I (hall have reafon to repent my 
 " ever liftening to your paiTion j how- 
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 advife you not to repeat fuch a li- 
 *' bc^rty, if you would avoid meeting 
 " with all my indignation/* I threw 
 myfcif at her feer, wept, and fliewed 
 the greateft diftrcfs at having offended 
 her ; I fucceeded at length in my en- 
 deavors to make my peace ; my manner 
 affedted her fo mdch that it even brought 
 her tears, and we were beginning to 
 mingle them together, when we heard 
 Mrs, Chanzy. I took a feat at fome 
 little dittance, and it being near twelve, 
 returned to the Governor's, where I 
 found Mr. Prepont, who dined with us j 
 he came to inform mc that we were to 
 depart the next day but one for Fort 
 Royaf, that I might take my meafures 
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 The Governor led me into his ftudy 
 after dinner, and gave nne the letter to 
 read which he had wrote to the Go- 
 vernor-general in favor of Meff. Chanzy 
 and Pindre. It recommerdcd both 
 equally ; in fhort, it was fuch a letter as 
 he had promifed to write ; he fealcd if, 
 and gave it to me at that time, as he 
 faid he (l)0uld the next day go to pafs 
 fomc days in the country, where he 
 was engaged, and had propofed taking 
 me with him, if I had not departed for 
 Martinico. I thanked him for the 
 many favors he had conferred on me, 
 and demanded his permiflion 10 fend 
 my baggage aboard that day, as I in- 
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 ged him to permit me the honor of 
 taking my leave of him at that time^ 
 he confented to it, embraced me, and 
 returned wiih me into the hall. 
 
 Immediately afterwards he took Mr. 
 Prepont to the window ; as I faw it was 
 an. affair of bufinefs, I took my leave 
 and gave my baggage to a negro to put 
 aboard of the Ihip. At my return from 
 the (hore I met Mr. Prepont, who was 
 fetfking for me v he hid, as well as my- 
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 of what we had done, Mrs. Norfoy 
 cried, '* I am really very glad, we will 
 *^ pafs the evening together *, and fmce 
 »* you are to depart in two days, wc 
 " flatter ourfelves. Sir," addrcflTing her- 
 fcif to me, ** that you will not leave us, 
 " for there is now no longer an excufc 
 
 *' to go to the Governor's, and you are 
 " not in the fituation of Mr. Preponr, 
 " who hae bufinefs in the town and or- 
 ** ders to give aboard ; my brother 
 *^ comes this evening, and we will 
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 " thcr the frefh evening air will not 
 •' cure my head-ach, which I have 
 *' very bad ? * *' I fee you are not 
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 more than half an hour, and I employed 
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 one of the mod agreeable evenings of 
 my life. It was ahnoft one o'clock be- 
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 when, to make my fatisfaftion more 
 complete, Mr. Chanzy propofed to give 
 me his bed or a hammock in his room v 
 obferving that Mr. Prepont had no ob- 
 jtdion, I determined to accept ch6 
 offer. 
 
 Mr, Prepont rejoined us the next day 
 at an early hour •, the difcourfe between 
 Mrs. Norfoy and me turned the whole 
 day on the neceffity of our reparation ; 
 but the promotion of her brother, and 
 the hopes of a fpeedy return, foothed us 
 in fome meafure: at length the hour 
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 and Mr. Chanzy, who promifcd to 
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 us the next morning; accordingly ac 
 eight oV'lock ihey came aboard ; we 
 gave them a genteel breakfaft, which 
 Mrs. Norfoy and myfcif fcarcely tafted. 
 Our adieus were of the tcndcreft uature, 
 and our protedations of the fincereft; 
 l)ut as it is impoflfible to defcribe the 
 fcene, )et it fuffice that we parted. I 
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 wi;h difficulty my friend could recover 
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 diately for Martinico. During this 
 fliorc voyage, as I ihought inccflanily 
 of the furcft means of luccceding in my 
 fcheme in favour of Mr. Chanzy, I re- 
 collc6led the behaviour of M, de Poincy. 
 I aflced Mr. Prepont w hac the Governor 
 had faid to him in the cpnvcrfaiion they 
 had together; he faid, nothing of im- 
 portance had pafTed, except that on his 
 giving him four letters for the Marquis 
 dc Champigny, he had exprefsly ordered 
 him to give that that he had' particularly 
 marked, immediately upon his arrival, 
 into the Governor's own hands. I im- 
 mediately fufpedtcd the contents of that 
 letter; therefore, without communica- 
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 tort Royal ; I laid my plan accordingly. 
 In (hort, we did not come to an anchor 
 before eight. 
 
 As Mr. Prcpont was preparing to go 
 afhore with me, I obfcrved to him that 
 as the garrifon fhut at nine, it would be 
 much better to defer his vifit to the 
 Governor till the next d y, whilft I 
 V juld acquaint him with the reafon of 
 it ; he thought my propofal rational, 
 but was willing to give me his letters: 
 I excufed myfclf frofn that office, by 
 obferving that be was ordered to deliver 
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 would inform hioi of when time and 
 place prefented an opportuniry. 
 
 As foon as the Marquis de Cbampigny 
 faw me, he faid, *' I well knew that 
 " you would return with Mr. Prepont; 
 '' I have occafion for his brigantine to 
 " execute the orders I have received 
 •' fiom court, which are to vifit the 
 " government of Guadalupe ; and the 
 ** King's frigate, which is now in the 
 " road, is ordered, after conveying me 
 " there, to foil immediately for Sr^ 
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 arofe immediately, and condufled me 
 into his ftudy, where I faid fo him, 
 putting the Marquis de Poincy's Ictfer 
 mro his hand at the fame time, " You 
 ** have promifed me, Sir, to ftize every 
 *' occ?.fion that prefented iifelf to 
 ** ferve me ; there is now an opportu- 
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 *' which I am going to alk of you, 
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 " you in that letter to fill a vacant 
 '* place i-one of ihem is named Chanzy, 
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 *' tereft myfelf flrongly, and dare 
 " fay that he deferves the preference. 
 •' He is one of the beft families in the 
 *' ifland, has been near twenty years in 
 '• the fervice, has had the honor of 
 ** (hewing his bravery when he accom- 
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 faid to me, *' When you have fuch 
 *' trifles only to demand of me, it wilt 
 '• never be in my pov/er to refufe you v 
 '^therefore you may go and order the 
 *^ fecretary to make out the commiffion 
 " this evening, if you pleafe, and I will 
 " fign it before I go to bed.'* I took 
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 " day brevets from court for all th« 
 " militia officers, who henceforth will 
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 " other officers 5 that is a good piece 
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 Governor-general, who figned ic that 
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 it, heprefented it to me, accompanied 
 with many obliging compliments; I 
 put ic into my pocket, and retired to 
 bed. 
 
 The next day, about nine oMock, I 
 faw Mr. Prepont arrive. I met him, 
 and drawing the commiSionout of my 
 pocket, I informed him of my good 
 fuccefs the evening before, which he 
 congratulated me upon very fincercly. 
 " I am indebted for ir, in fome mea- 
 •* fure, my dear friend," Ifaid to him, 
 •* to your complaifance yefterday even- 
 *' ing, .in remaining aboard.*' " I 
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 " do you believe me capable of injuring 
 «' you ?** " No," I faid, " but your 
 " letters would." I then informed 
 
 him of the lad conference I had with 
 the Marquis de Poincy, of my fufpi- 
 cions of that gentleman in giving him 
 letters with fo much fccrecy, raiher than 
 deliver them to me as he had done 
 others ; I told him I believed that all 
 his letters were in ravor of M. Pindre, 
 and tended to exclude Mr. Chanzy, and 
 that from thofe fufpicions I engaged 
 him to (lay aboard that nighr, that I 
 might take the advantage of his abfence v 
 that as every thing had fucceeded as I 
 wifhed, I was no longer unhappy for 
 the confcquences ; and as he was going 
 to wait of the Governor, he would be 
 
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 founded \ and I defired he would con- 
 ceal nothing from me. I then con- 
 duced Hioi to the hall, and waired 
 without or Lis return, or that I might 
 be near at band, in cafe the Governor 
 wanted me. I had not waited more 
 than a quarter of an hour after Mr. 
 Prepont's entrance, before the fcrjeant 
 of the guard came to inform me that 
 the Marquis dc Champigny wanted me. 
 Although I had done nothing that de- 
 ferved reproof, I became as pale as a 
 ghoft at this command. Upon my en- 
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 nor v/as, he cried our, " What is the 
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 prudence for it very mach, which is 
 not the common appendage of youth j 
 for if I had received the letters Mr. 
 Prepont has brought me at the fame 
 time I received yours, I know not in 
 whofe favor I fliould have deter- 
 mined ; but you have been more po* 
 litical than my Gouzin, who will be 
 juftly puniftied for his diffimulation 
 with you, when he knows of the ad- 
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 Wc then went into the hall, where 
 the Governor had ordered a gentleman 
 to wait for him ; Mr. Prcpont and I 
 went to walk upon the terrafs, where 
 he faid to me, " If you have any com- 
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 •* difpafchcs ready inimediately 5 I 
 *' (hall fend a Ihallop to-morrow to 
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 of fuch an excellent difpofition as Mr. 
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 tome ! He loved me as his fon ; but I 
 had the unhappinefs of lofing him about 
 four years afterwards, at a lime that his 
 life would have preferved me from in- 
 numerable misfortunes. 
 
 My good friend had no fooner left 
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 " thecommiffionfor your dear brother. 
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 immediately to wait on the Gover- 
 nor, and he muil not be furprized if 
 *' he (hould receive him with coolnefs. 
 " This commiflion will foon be ex- 
 " changed by a warrant from court, 
 *' which will be accompanied with a 
 *' decoration that your brother little 
 thinks of.. The Marquis de Cham- 
 pigny has done every thing in his 
 power to this end i if Mr. Prepont 
 Ihould chance to write by the means 
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 *' amidft the counfels he gave trie, 
 " furnilhed me with this ftratagcm, 
 " which has fucceeded. Notv/ithftand- 
 *' ing that, his ufual inconftancy makes 
 *^ me tremble, and I fear I (hall fome 
 " day have rcafon to curfe his fickle- 
 " nefs. But do not imitate him, my 
 ** dear Viftoire, unlcfs you would kill 
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 me fince my departure from Mariga- 
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 would not admit me of my making 
 love as an angel, made me think of 
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 her, and that they had neither of them 
 gone to the laft ball. Li the fuuation I 
 was then in this news ought to have had 
 no efFed on me, but however it hirrt * 
 nie very much. What ! I faid to my- 
 felf, are thefe the proteftations of fide- 
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 dious, ungener'^'is wretv'rh ! But im- 
 mediately refle£ti;>g upon my own con- 
 duft, I acknowledged my injuftice, and 
 confcffed that I was at leaft as culpable 
 as herfelf. Qf what have I to com- 
 plain ? I continued ; is not our incon- 
 fiancy mutual ^ Are not our injuries 
 equal, confequeptly my reproaches un- 
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 for me -, therefore the more agreeable. 
 
 Having taken my refolution, I went 
 to pay her a vifir, and found her alone 
 in an elegant difliabille. " How 
 " charming you are, my dear Juliet!'* 
 I faid to her, embracing her at the fame 
 time. *' What are you there ?" (he 
 anfwered ; '* I thought you were among 
 •* the Spaniards by this time.*' " I 
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 " terday ^evening at nine o'clock.'* 
 
 '' You have been returned then twenty- 
 
 *' four hours, and at length come to 
 
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 " you have told me you felt for me ; 
 
 " certainly you mud have left your 
 
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 " my return till the prcfent time, 
 " which I have eagerly fnatched to re- 
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 *' This is the laft time that I will ever 
 give myfelf the trouble to undeceive 
 you. If you believe me, it may be 
 happy for yourfelfj but henceforth 
 do not fo readily conclude upon re- 
 ports that are circulated from malice, 
 '' or from fuch flight appearances that 
 have before deceived you : if on the 
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 " intention of your vifit. 
 
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 Mr. Ek*** declared to me the kn» 
 timenis he poffeffed for me. But 
 lefs timid with my filler, he before 
 that time mentioned them to her, 
 and engaged her to fpeak to my 
 mother in his favor ; as (lie agreed 
 to comply with this requcft, he took 
 the liberty of telling me of his paf- 
 fion^ and defired my confenc for 
 him to fpeak to my mother, Ilii 
 defigns you fee are honorable, as he 
 intend^ to marry me ; that ought 
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 alone for about a quarter of an hour, 
 they entered into the hall together, 
 where I was then fitting, and taking 
 him by the hand, (he prefented him 
 to mc, faying, My dear, this gentle- 
 man dcfires the honor of your hand ; 
 he is a worthy officer, an honcft man, 
 and a gentleman ; he poffefles a for- 
 tune, and he loves you ; I defire you 
 will receive him favorably, and re- 
 turn his affedlioo. What could I 
 do but obey ? Ic is true that I waa 
 hot at the laft ball, but I was not 
 very well, and was afraid dancing 
 might incrcafe my indifpofition. Mr^ 
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 ** difpofition, which I have remarked 
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 ^* deteft him. I vi^ifli to find means to 
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 Taking her hand, I faid, *' Oh, my 
 " dear Juliet, you reftore life to me ; 
 " what monfter is there that could be 
 " infenfible of your kindnefs ? I (hall 
 *' never pardon myfclf. I fvvear by 
 " yourfelf, by your charms, by the love 
 " you have infpired me with, that I 
 " never will give you the lead chagrin 
 " again." I embraced her, and du- 
 ring the remainder of the afternoon wc 
 exchanged protcftations of our love. 
 Before my departure I made her promife 
 that (he would come to the next ball, 
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 As I was returning to the Fort I met 
 Mr. Prepont, who infornncd me that 
 he had given our pacqueis to the Matter 
 of the (hallop, who was to depart the 
 next day for Marigalante, and he (houkl 
 take that opportunity of going to Fort 
 St, Pierre, where he had fome bufinefs 
 that would detain him a few days. He 
 defired me to be eafy, that he had given 
 very careful orders about the delivery of 
 my pacquet, and was certain I fhould 
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 love ? My temperament leads me ta 
 intrigue. 
 
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 if (he thinks Platonic love exids any 
 where now ; it was very well in the an- 
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 is necc(rary to comply with a cuftom, or 
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 •propofed to invite fome day to dinner 
 all the King's officers belonging to the 
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 conftraint I fufFered from the Swifs, not 
 having been able to fee her a finglc 
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 At length the day arrived, and offer- 
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 the amiable Mr. Ek***. That did 
 not prevent me embracing Mifs Juliet 
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 tion, but I obfcrved Mr. Ek*** made 
 a frightful face at the fight. I pretended 
 not to fee it, and went immediately to 
 Mrs. Rupert ; when they were ready,: 
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 flowly, I was more than once induced 
 10 fear that my rival would break his 
 neck, or at lead occafion a wry one, by 
 turning his head fo frequently to ob- 
 ferve us. 
 
 Upon our arrival they formed parties 
 at cards ; Mr. Ek***. was engaged 
 with Mrs. Ruperr, but Mifs Juliet and 
 myfclf declined playing. Some bu- 
 finefs calling me out, I met Juliet at my 
 return on the terras ; we indulged our- 
 fclves in proteftations of our love, and 
 returned well pteafed with each other^s 
 finccrity. Mr. Ek***, who was of a 
 very jealous difpofition, kept his eyes 
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 pofed. We laughed, and were very 
 merry together during the whole enter- 
 tainment. We took the proper ar- 
 rangements to fee each other privately 
 fometimes, notwithftanding the do(^ 
 attendance he gave her *, bur our mea- 
 fures became ulelefs, as the fequel will 
 Ihcw, 
 
 When the ladies were retiring, I pre* 
 fented my arm as ufual to Mifs V***^. 
 Mr. Fk*** Was obligee *o do the fame 
 to Mrs. Rupert, when after taking leave 
 of them, we retired together. As foon 
 as we were got a little di/lance, and 
 none prefent except ourfelves, Mr. Ek*** 
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 " my addrcfles to Mifs Juliet V**% 
 " that I am authorized by her family, 
 " and that your vifits are difagreeable 
 ** (0 me ? Therefore I defirc you would 
 ** no more fet your foot within their 
 " doors, unlefs you are determined to 
 " be the vidim of my refentment/* 
 Being a good deal piqued at this 
 fpeech, and the tone in which it was 
 pronounced, I anfwered him, that his 
 intentions were of no confcquence to 
 me, and that nothing (hould prevent me 
 afting as ufual. *^ Oh ! Oh !*' he re- 
 pled, you are refolved it feems, and I 
 ** fee that you are determined not to 
 ** hear reafon, tilll have cut your ears." 
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 ihruft I received a wound in my fword 
 arm, which difablcd me, A ferjeant 
 of the guard, who had feen our duel, raa 
 up, bound my arm with my handker- 
 chief, and conduced me to the Forr. 
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 affair concealed, but ic was impoiTible, 
 
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 As foon as I arrived at the Fort, I 
 !:',id myfclf down^ and fent for the 
 King's furgeon, who immediately came 
 to drefs and bleed me. As I had loft a 
 confiderable quantity of blood by this 
 wound, befides what the furgeon took 
 from me, I fell into a fwoon, which 
 continued half an hour, and was fur- 
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 been apprized of the duel. He a(ked 
 me the caufe of it ; I faid I believed ic 
 was a jcaloufy il! grounded on the part 
 of Mr. Ek***, who had infultcd and 
 threatened me, which I laughed at, and 
 in confequencc of warmth in both par- 
 tics I had been wounded. I begged of 
 him at the fame time not to punifh the 
 officer. " If I faw this affair in the 
 ^' light you do,'* the Governor an- 
 fwercd, " I would grant your requcll, 
 *' but in this circumftancc I cannot 
 ** comply with your dtTire ; befides, he 
 *' has tranfgrefled very much 5 com- 
 pofe yourfclf however, and he (hall 
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 ** with me to Guadalupe in fifteen 
 " days." 
 
 My wound was not very large, but I 
 was obliged to keep my bed for three 
 days for a fever that came on. My 
 apartment was never empty during the 
 whole time ^ I not only received the 
 vifiis of my friends, but thofe of the of' 
 ficcrs of the garrifon, who unanimoudy 
 condemned the condu(5l of their com« 
 radc. 
 
 My health was no fooner re-cftablilh- 
 ed than 1 waited on the Marquis de 
 Champigny to thank him for his ten- 
 dern^fs, and likewife to procure the li- 
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 der arrcft, though I had interceded for 
 him fevcral times. 
 
 I went the fame day to fee Juliet 
 whom I thanked, as well as her mother 
 and fitter, for the concern they had 
 (hewn for my accident, and their good- 
 nefs in fending twice a day during my 
 confinement to enquire after my health. 
 After a (hort filence, Mrs. V***, ad- 
 dreffingherfelf to me, faid, " Mr. Ek*** 
 ** will never quarrel with any perfoa 
 " agdn upon account of my daughter, 
 ** for I have wrote to him to defire that 
 " he will not trouble himfclf to come 
 " here any more. We don't love 
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 ** proper to punifli them when they be- 
 *' come troublefome." I bit my lips 
 with vexation j (lie faw ir, and laughed 
 very heartily. 
 
 As I was walking two days after- 
 wards upon the terras I faw Mr. Pre- 
 pont arrive, to whom I gave a detail of 
 my little adventure. He pitied me, 
 and wiflied me joy at the fame time that 
 it was no worfe -, but holding out his 
 hand, " There (he faid} is what will 
 " comfort you; it is an anfwer from 
 " Mrs. Norfoy to your letter.'* It was 
 couched in the following terms: *' With' 
 " what rapture, my dear friend, (hall 
 " I embrace you when I fee you again 1 
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 " Mr. Prepont gave me an account of 
 *^ your intrepidity in furmounting all 
 ^' difficulties that tended to prevent 
 •• your fucccfs, and affurea me that my 
 ^^ brother is indebted entirely to your 
 •' prudence for his preferment. I can- 
 •' not cxprcfs the fentiments your good- 
 nefs has infpired me with ; I mud 
 referve the declaring of them till I 
 ** fee you. I (hould do you an injury 
 ** to doubt the fincerity of your love ; 
 " be affured of my conftancy ; you 
 *' wrong me if you fear it ; I will never 
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 I kifled this charming epiftle a thou- 
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 The brigantlne being ready to ac* 
 company us to Guadalupe, we fixed our 
 departure for the 26th of March, to 
 give time fufHcient to Captain Sauflaye 
 of the frigate to wood and water, which 
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 who received him in the moft polite 
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 that. he; ought ta eft eem himfelf very 
 happy in having found fuch aifricnd as 
 me, and would advife him to keep me 
 fuch*, but he could not conceive by 
 wh^t miracle I h^d gained thq afcen? 
 dancyoypra|libc great peopje lyho had 
 interefted themfelves in favor of his 
 lival. 
 
 As I was afraid Mr. Chanzy would 
 perceive the connexion I had wich Mifs 
 Juliet V***, and niention it to ! 'S fitter, 
 1 behaved very rnuch upop the referve 
 to her j before him, wjienicver ,wa were 
 in cpmpajjij tpggthfr. I. tpoj^ every 
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 pur departure prefented me •"ith, to 
 procure him every amufemenc the place 
 aSbrdcd. The time of our departure 
 being arrived, he took his leave, and 
 we embarked on the 2 8ch of March 
 on board the frigate, accompanied by 
 the brigantine, and failed about four in 
 the afcernoon for Guadakipe, where we 
 ;^riY€^*the n^exj: morning. 
 
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 ^Ireumfcrence, afnd is but a fmall.dif- 
 tance from Deffeadj?, lyiarigaJante, Mont-^ 
 fcrraf, .and Doiliimica. A river, which 
 emptier itfelf. into the (tij^^ divides it 
 into two parts. There is a good fort, 
 and a Gov^ri^or conft^ntly refides in the 
 ifland. There is a court held here, 
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 which refers to the fuperior council of 
 Martinico in weighty affairs. There 
 are alfo four convents inhabited by Je- 
 fuits, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Ca« 
 puchins, who fupply all the parifhes in 
 that ifle and the adjacent ones. Ic 
 IS mountainous, and very fertile in 
 producing fugar, indigo, &c, and 
 large quantities of cotton. There is 
 plenty of game, doves, and partridges. 
 There is alfo a fmall quadrupede that is 
 nearly of the Sze of a leverer, which is 
 very nimble *% its head refembles a rat's, 
 its ears are (hort and round, its (kin 
 red and rough, its tail (hort, and has no 
 hair on it ; it holds irs food between 
 its fore feet when it eats, fitting upon 
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 taftes like venifon, and is very good. 
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 repciles in the ifland. 
 
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 When wc had been there eight days, 
 Capt. Sauflaye of the frigate informed 
 the Marquis de Cbampigny, that if he 
 would not remain at Guadalupe more 
 than a few days, he would wait to carry 
 him back toMartinico; this offer made 
 the Governor refolve to fend back the 
 brigancine to Fort Royal, to fend the 
 arms (he had taken aboard, and permit 
 her to fail for Marigalante dh-eftly. 
 
 As I had no pleafure at Guadalupe, I 
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 than I had expefttd ; but I Toon altered 
 my opinion •, I cfcapcd the greaicft 
 danger in a miraculous manner. In 
 confequence of the orders of the Marquis 
 de Ghampigny, we embarked on the 
 8rh of April, and failed about three in 
 the affernoon for Fort Royal. We 
 were too fecure, T may fay too ncgKgent, 
 cffpeciaily the officers; 'who left the fire- 
 arms in the poflellion of ^hc foldiers 
 that were rfward, When they ougtit to 
 
 have locked thern up. 
 
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 than hour, when I faw a negro come 
 upon the quarter-dedc 10 Mr. Long- 
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 give an acdoiint of a confpiraqr and 
 plot that had been laid by a French and 
 SwifsTcrjcant, who had corrupted the 
 two dctachhi6rit of foHitrs v'e had 
 nboard. They propdfed to ftht all 
 the: officers and jpaffengcrs, ^and to 
 (hut them up in the round houfe, the 
 door 'of whfch wis to be girarded by 
 t\Vo of the confpiracors, and to oblige 
 the{>ilot to fail for Sr. Thomas, one of 
 the Weft- India iflands bctenging to 
 DeAfnrarfc, where they >propofed going 
 «fhbr^5 and lesrve uis to fail for Marti- 
 nrco. If they had kept to this dcfign 
 the cdnfeqdence woiild not have been fd 
 bad, -bfit a -Pisi^iCmt^^ iiamed Duhatnd*, 
 naturally of a feditlous ^hd rcVengeftrf 
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 ftrokcs of a cane that he juftly merited, 
 and had lately received from Monf. 
 Jarricr, firft Major, rcfol vcd to be re- 
 venged, and thought of killing all, ex- 
 cept the pilot and failors, and afcerwards 
 to fell the velTcl and divide the money 
 amongft them. During this difcourfe 
 of the negro with Mr. Longvillicr?, 
 two foldiers, who were upor. the watcb, 
 perceived the fellow's violent emotion, 
 and fearing what might fucceed, they in- 
 formed their comrades in an inftant 
 that their plot was difcovered, and they 
 all cried out together, " To arms ! To 
 ** arms! — Fire! Fire! — Kill them! 
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 us. Major Jarrier received a ball in his 
 ihoulder, and mere than twenty tbrufls 
 of bayonets in his body, which killed 
 him on the fpot. M. Meftrezat, a 
 Swifs officer, received a ball in his (lo- 
 mach. I received one in my hat, and 
 another bail grazed on my thigh. One 
 of the guards of the Marquis de Cham- 
 pigny, named Bezy, had his brains 
 (hot out. Duhamei was for killing me, 
 but another foldier interpofing, the ball 
 only grazed on my right hand. Their 
 fury being fomev/hat mitigated, they 
 were content with guarding us in the 
 cabin. Our furgeon dreffed the wound* 
 ed, and none died afterwards from their 
 wounds. The only perfons who fell 
 viilims to this revolt were Major Jarrier 
 
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 and Bezy, they ordered the pilot to 
 
 fdil for St. Thomas's, where we came 
 
 to an anchor on the i8th of April. 
 
 Immediately after we came to an 
 anchor thefe deferters went afliore, and 
 made their declaration to the Governor 
 of the garrifon, accoidipg to cuftom. 
 We foon followed thctn, and after 
 giving an account of all that hadpali^d, 
 \ve begged to have the fellows put into 
 our poffcffion, which the Governor re- 
 fofed us, faying, that St. Thomas's was 
 a neutral iile^ where all deferceis were 
 welcome, and that oi^e of his prede- 
 ceflbrs had loft his head for having given 
 up four. We obfcrved to him, that 
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 thofc he fpok^ of were only defcrtcrs; 
 but thcfe we demanded were murderers 
 and robbers, befides deferters, F6r thej^ 
 had taken the money and effcfts or 
 thofe they had killed j thj»^ it wai con- 
 trary to common jufticc to afford aii 
 afylum to fuch wretches, ahd was crt- 
 couraging vice inftead of punifhing If. 
 We could obiain nothing more from 
 thfe Gbvei-noi: iBari h\i i^rbrtiife to put 
 the hfich in pf ifoii, til! tlic zHMl of bfle 
 of thfe pfihcipal liifcmbers of thb fu- 
 premfe councif of GBpl'enbiagen; whom 
 he hourly ^ipdfted j th^ he would lay 
 the whole: afFali* before Him, anti aSt by 
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 chofe to keep ic as g as he could. 
 Pie invited us, to dine with him the 
 next d£y, and entertained us very 
 genceely. He gave us a letter for the 
 Marquis de Champigny •» we returned 
 aboard in the evening, and immediately 
 failed for Fort Royal, where we arrived 
 on the 13th. 
 
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 As foon as the Governor faw us^ 
 thoisgh he was at a confiderable diftance, 
 be cried out, ** In the name of the 
 ** devil, from whence came you ? I 
 thought you had been taken by py- 
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 •* three weeks ago.'' •* True** anfwcr- 
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 pened, with the letter from the Gover- 
 nor of St. Thomas, which the Marquis 
 opened direflly. After he had read ir, 
 he was violent at the Governor's refufal, 
 fwore he would have juftice done or 
 lofe his life; blamed the commander 
 of the brigancine for not locking up the 
 arms, and ordered him to be confined. 
 He very much pitied the fate of Major 
 Jarrier, who was one of the braved apd 
 bed officers in the colony, and regretted 
 the lofs of Bezy his guard. As the lat* 
 ter had left a widow and family help** 
 lefs» he promifed to procure a penfion 
 of five and twenty pounds a year for bef 
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 He gave orders fb^ all the largeft vcf- 
 fcls in the road to be immediately armed, 
 and g^vc the cbmhiand of them tb 
 Mdtif. Karny, Major-general over the 
 trobp^ bebngihg to the fcoteny, a man 
 in whom he repofed great confidence, 
 and gave him a letter for the Governor 
 6f St. Thdmas. tic dfcmartded of him 
 iH tti4t letter^ in tUe hatne of the King, 
 ihc delivery oif ifte defe?ter^ up tb him, 
 and in cafe of h fefUfalj he ordered 
 Major Kitny to treat the Danes as ene* 
 tnmy tb take every Danifh vefTel he 
 tould meet with, aild he would ba re- 
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 WecKs Major Karny returned with forty- 
 five of our defertcrs, four others having 
 died at the hofpical in the ifland. * They 
 were chained two and two, and in that 
 manner confined in the fort. Their 
 punilhment was foon infli^fled ; there 
 was a council of war, confiding of 
 French and Swifs, held fpr foOr days, 
 and they condemned thofe, unhappy 
 wretches to the puniQinoent due to their 
 crimes. 
 
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 Mifs Juliet V*** was upon the point of 
 marrying very advantagcoufly with the 
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 of Fort Trinity, who was very rich; 
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 vific I made her, and my firft irotion 
 was to upbraid her with her inconftancy. 
 " How,unjuft you arc !" Qic; faid to 
 me ; " you cannot furely be fo ignorant 
 ^* as not CO know, that a daughter ought 
 *• at leafl to have very plaufible excufes 
 ** for not complying with the defires of 
 *^ her parents and friends; I am not 
 ** rich, and is it neceffary for me to lofe 
 ^* the little fenfe nature has beftowed 
 on me, to refufe fo advantageous an 
 offer ; nothing prevents my compli- 
 ** ance, as you will ftill be my friend, 
 '* and I (hall always (ee you with the 
 " greateft pleafure." I perceived the 
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 that I continued at Fort Royal, and ic 
 was after my return from my voyage 
 that I learned the face of the deferters. ; 
 
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 The arms being landed from aboard 
 the brigantine, and every thing ready 
 for our voyage, I took leave of the Go- 
 vernor-general, who gave me a letter 
 for the Marquis de Poincy, another for 
 Mr. Prepont, (who was then at Ma- 
 rigalante) and one to Monf. Roche- 
 Allard, Governor-general of St. Do- 
 mingo. I embarked on the 8th of 
 May, at feven in the morning, and ar- 
 rived ac Marigalante the next day at fijc 
 in the evening, where we anchored be- 
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 Hearing that ibe was aboard one of 
 them,! wentdiftftly to him. It is not 
 poflSble to eiiprefs'hi« joy at the fight of 
 me, nor the excefBve friend (hip he 
 Jhe^^red for me. 'I foiind that be was 
 inforWcd 6f all-thut had happished to us, 
 of ^he dang<2r wt 'Hall gbht tbrbugh, 
 *ftrtd of diir iEtrriValac Fbi*t Royal, by 
 means df a leftdr Which he liad rcceiVbd 
 rfttt- cVfcnirig before, tte told 'me that 
 Tre h^d betfn to tcquslint Mrls. Norfoy 
 itnd Mrs. <2hih!zy of tHfe ti?h?r* i riiat hb 
 biid the 'Uinifdft ttirfic&lty to compofe 
 Ihenh, and they would riot believe I 
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 (6 pa6 fix V^cks at St. Lduis^ diftttnt 
 two leagues from the Ihort^} that in the 
 converfatioti he had had with that Oo« 
 vernor, he remarked his being very 
 much piqtred at the |)referen<te that 
 had b'ccn given to Mr. Ghanzy; 'that 
 he fecmcd to^be very 'forry he had givfeni 
 me the letter -for the Governor-generail, 
 but he could ndt believe he poffeffed 
 fach « A^eakftefs lor mie. This account 
 opened my ^ycs •, I upplatided myfetf 
 vd-y mufch for ihy condodl on that oC- 
 cafion, -and I determined never to be a 
 dupe to appearances again^ I was de- 
 termined however to dcfire Mr. Chanzy, 
 as foc^ >as f few hm,' to tefld mt his 
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 proaching voyage; he told me that the 
 two fhallops were loaded, and had ta- 
 ken in their (lores, and he imagined he 
 ihould have ncarjy fufficient merchan- 
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 fome unforefeen event happened, we 
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 alhorc; he faid he had fome buGnefs 
 aboard, but would dine with us ; that I 
 might take the boat and fend it back 
 again For him : I accepted his propofal 
 and got immediately into the boat. 
 
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 As foon as Mrs. Norfoy faw me (he 
 gave a fcreatn which was heard all over 
 the houf^, and came to every ear before 
 it reached mine. She ran into my 
 arms, and teftified her joy at feeing me. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Chanzy immediately 
 joined us, and I pafled into the arms of 
 each, who were overjoyed at my arrival. 
 We had all of us fo much to fay, and fo 
 many queftions to afk, that we fpoke 
 together for the fpace of three or four 
 minutes. Silence fucceeded for a mo- 
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 niem, whilft we paffec} in;to the hjiU to 
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 hiftory of my adyienture'v I rjclated it, 
 and told them at the fame time what 
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 oppdfed' it, aod told merit would be 
 time enough to' go tKe i next morning 
 and return iii the evening, by which 
 means I fliould avoid, the! hear of the 
 day;; and Mr. Cban^iy faid. he would 
 fcnda)negm witb.me>- toeonduft me 
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 From the pleafwre they all expreffcd 
 at feicj.ig nie, I perceived I fbould not 
 be a|?le to leave them tbut day^ and 
 
 that it would be impoffible to have any 
 
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 foy. I had a thoufand things to fay to 
 her-, my eyes cxprefied my impatience, 
 and l^rf , ftiewcd 2^ mpch; but they 
 were the on^ly interpreters of our fentin 
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 came to dji^e with us. At the end of 
 the repaft Mrs. Chanzy laid to him> " I 
 " hope, Sir, as the Chevalier Dupont 
 " does not Jive atthe Governor's, he will 
 " accept of a bed. here ; and his, ftay 
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 " the pleafurc of his company." Mr. 
 Prepont agreed to ihc propofal ; I con- 
 fultcd the eyes of my dear Viftoire, and 
 few her fatisfaftion in whatMr.Chanzy 
 had faid ; therefore 1 immediately gave 
 my confent 
 
 As my unfortunate adventure had 
 tranfpired through the whole ifle, and 
 my arrival was known, we had, during 
 the whole afternoon, a great many vi- 
 fiters, who were both inquifitive and 
 troublefome, which obliged me to re- 
 late my (lory fcveral times over. The 
 vexation their importunities caufed me 
 gave me a violent head-ach ; a walk 
 was propofed, which I accepted with 
 
 pleafure, as I reckoned upon being ac- 
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 reckoned without my hoft, for Mr, and 
 
 Mrs. Chancy v^ent vvith us. The 
 
 converfation w^s general, 'the walk 
 
 very Ihort 5 and I went to btd foon 
 
 after my retutn. The next day Mr. 
 
 Chanlty, who faw my diftrefs from fo 
 
 many vifitors the evening before, pro- 
 
 pofed to me to go with him the next 
 
 day to his houfe in the country, to pafs 
 
 fonle days till the enquiries of the people 
 
 of the town were fatisfied. I told him 
 
 it would be very agreeable, provided the 
 
 ladies would be of the party, otherwifc 
 
 it would be impoflible, as I had pro- 
 
 miitfd them my company. I dcfired he 
 
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 He left me to give the necclfilry orders, 
 and I in)a)ediauly went into the hall, 
 where the ladles were \Haiting for n^e 
 to breakfaft, who pronrjifcdtorl^e of the 
 party Mr. Chancy had propofed. Af- 
 ter breakfaft I fet off for St, Louis, 
 where I arrived at nine o'clock in the 
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 and he deHred me to walk in. I gave 
 hjnci the fetter from the Marquis de 
 Chaenpigny^ I thanked him. in a very 
 open, free manner ioj: what he had 
 done for Mr. Chanzy upon my account, 
 and affured him that I 0iould always 
 have a grateful remembrance of dje 
 
 fervice he had done me. From my 
 
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 behavior he could not itifped that I had' 
 been informed ol his duplicity of cod* 
 duft, be therefore behaved very polite 
 and friendly to me, and invited me to 
 ftay dinner i he informed me that he 
 had retired into the country for the 
 benefit of a milk diet, which he found 
 reftoredhis health very much, therefore 
 had determined to continue there during 
 the remainder of the niomh„ and as 
 according t9 all appearances wje (bould 
 foil before hii retorn, be wiHied us a 
 gpod voyage- I did not continue long 
 after dinner, but took oiy leave of him^ 
 and he en^braced me at parting* I 
 mounted toy hatCc^ and returned to the 
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 I found Mr. Prepont with ihc ladies, 
 who waited for my return with as much 
 impatience as I wiflied to join them. 
 I gave them an account of the fuccefs 
 of my journey, and my thanks to the 
 Marquis de Poincy, the recital of which 
 amufed them very much. Mrs. Nor- 
 foy then told me, that during my ab- 
 fencc flic had engaged Mrs. and Mr. 
 Chanzy to dine the n?xt day, aboard of 
 the brigantin€, with Mr. Prepont, who 
 had invited them } but however, they 
 were not willing to determine abfo< 
 lately, without knowing if it would be 
 agreeable to me; x ahfwered, that I 
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 Chanzy's houfc in the country ; who, 
 together with the ladies, were of my 
 way of thinking, which Mr. Prepont 
 faw himfclf under a necefTity of com- 
 plying with ; therefore faid he would, 
 provided we would put off our going 
 into the country for a day longer than 
 before agreed upon, to which we all 
 confented.. 
 
 We embarked the next day about 
 eleven o'clock, in a canoe very much 
 decorated, with a large umbrella to 
 guard us .from the neat of the fun, 
 which at that time was very intenfe. 
 We were falutcd upon our arrival 
 aboard with a difcharge of the guns. 
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 that I found myfelf alone with Mis, 
 Norfoy, to complain of the conftrainc 
 in which we lived; that fince my ar- 
 rival there had been no opportunity of 
 teftifying the greatnefs of my love, 
 nor to hear her confirm what (lie had 
 wrote in her letter to me at Martinico. 
 She acknowledged the truth of what I 
 faid, and taking me by th6 hand, told 
 me with a figh, that flie faffered as 
 much from it as rayfelf, but that we 
 fhotild be able to repay ourfclves at her 
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 fliould ettjoy more Kberty than \vc did 
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 for the country, whtrc we promifed to 
 join him the day following. Whilft 
 wc were fitting at tabte after dinner we 
 received a vifit from two officers of the 
 garrifon j one of thcai came from Fore 
 Royal only a few days befbre, in the 
 room of k Licatenanr^ deceafed. As I 
 had not fcert Mr. Prepont that day, 
 although he had promifed us the pre- 
 ceding f;Vening to come ahd dine with 
 us, I took my leave with ati intention of 
 vifjting him aboard. I met him upon 
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 felling me, that he liad been employed 
 during the morning taking in bales of 
 cotton, and he had been fo much hur- 
 ried as fcarcely to. have time to eae his 
 dinner^ but propofed to pais the reft of 
 the day and fup with us. I returned 
 y/kh him to the ladies, and found that 
 the officers, had taken their leave. I 
 remarked an alteration in the counte- 
 nance of Mrs. Norfay upon my en- 
 trance, but was ignorant of the cSufe; 
 flie f()on led rr^r out of that emtarraf- 
 ment to^ bring me into a greater. 
 ** You muft confefs, Chevalier Da- 
 ** pont," Mrs. Nor!by faid to me, 
 ** that you arc very fecret among your 
 ** friends ; vvaa yuu afraid of the part 
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 " (leavored to conceal your adventure 
 " at Fort Royal i You have been very 
 " happy undoubtedly in thus giving us 
 " a new proof of your modefty, forare 
 *V in the people of your age, in order 
 *' to incrcafe^ if poffible, the efteem we 
 " already; feel fop you," She then re -^ 
 geatcd my affair with the Swifs on ac- 
 count of Mifs Y***, adding fome nva^ 
 licipus circuoiflances, which were very 
 true ; and I. imagined (he mud have 
 had|the account from one of the ofRcer» 
 IJeft there,. 
 
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 " you fpeak of fccmed fo little worchy 
 ** of your attcnrioit, that I never thought 
 •* of comtioinicating it to you, and f 
 ** am ignorant of the perfofi vi^ho ha» 
 ^v informed you. Mr. Prepont knows 
 ** the whole of tt atid that my being 
 •* preftnt may not affetfl him in the 
 •* recital which I defire he will make 
 *^ to you, I will take my leave for 
 ^ a quarter of an hour. You will 
 **^ find,"Madam, that the caufc was not 
 •* any infidettry or breach of faith to 
 ** you, and that I do not defervc there- 
 *' proaches you have made mc.'*^ 
 
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 threatened me, and refurned again in 
 about hilf an hour; "Come, Cheva- 
 « lidr,'* Mts. Chanzy ftkl to me, '* and 
 " let us embrace yoU 5 Mr. Prepbnf 
 *^ has related the ftory with finCerity; 
 " and withOQt thofe additions the offt- 
 •* ccr related it with.** 1 gave rnyfelf \ip^ 
 to fd ftgrWabte m invirairon with plea- 
 Hire V but when I came to Mrs. Nor- 
 foy^ the indifference with which fhe 
 i^cei^ed me evidently (hewed that the 
 ftory, ft^'the officer had related it, had' 
 nfiJKk tdo ftrohg an impreffidn on hct 
 tN5 hate it effaced immediately even hf 
 Mr. PrepoAf, whom fhe had a very 
 high oipteiort of. I wa^ fd affefted with 
 her i«ditfere<Yce, that tfn uhiverfal tre- 
 firttir fcized • me, which wa^ foon after-' 
 
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 wards followed by a violent fcver^ that 
 obliged me to go to bed ; the paroxyfm 
 continued till two, when, I fell afieep 
 and refted till eight. As fopn as I 
 awoke I (aw Mrs. Norfoy enter my 
 chamber, who, taking one of my hands 
 between hers, faid, with tears in her 
 
 eyes, " Judg^« n^y dear friend, by the 
 *' ftatq in which you fee me, of rhe dif- 
 trefs I have fufFered by (hewing indif- 
 ference to you yefterday J although 
 ** perfuaded of the trath of Mr. Pre- 
 *^* pont*s ftory, I was willipg to leave 
 U you in fofpence what my thoughts 
 *' were; that was the cauft of the 
 ** cold air you perceived in mc yeftcr- 
 •' day ; ic was only feigned, for in my 
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 been fufficiently punifiied for my 
 diflimulation, to flatter myfelf ihac 
 you will pardon me. Reftqre your- 
 fclf to health by compofing your 
 ** mind, topoflcfs the reparatioivl have 
 " refolved to make you.'* How good 
 " you are, my adorable Viftoirc !" I 
 faid CO her ; " I am happy in my accl- 
 " dent, if by that you are convinced of 
 ** my fidelity and the fincerity of my 
 fcntiments for you. I demand of 
 you, as a pledge of your tender love, 
 to give me akifs at this moment with 
 ** as much fatisfaftion as you received 
 " mine yefterday with indifference." 
 I had fcarcely finiflied thefentence be- 
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 ^^ It is done, my charming Vi6loife/* 
 I fold to h^r *, " I Jtrfi eurtd; norhirg 
 ** fhaill now preV^ht me goirig wiih 
 " you to join yoi>r brother, ^ho ex- 
 •• [it&s us. I hope that ^he Country 
 " air, and the pleafure of holding fre- 
 •^ quent converfe Wiih you, will finifti 
 « the eftabiithhient of my health.** I 
 ftVv Mr. Prepont arrive at that in^ 
 ftant 5 he came to enquire after my 
 health, and hearing that I was awake, 
 he canfie into my aparfmcnt, and was as 
 mueh furpfized « my fpecdy recovery, 
 as at my fudden indifpoBtioir. He in* 
 formed us, that he could not accom- 
 party us, btit promifed to dmc with bs 
 ibc next day. Mrs. Norfoy retired t^ 
 inform her mother of my being reco- 
 
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 vcredi I irrvmedUfely drcfled myfelf, 
 and foHcwed, with Mr. Prepo^f, (o joiii 
 them in the hall. He (am^ tdok bid 
 leave to go afid look afttr hi^ afiP^ir^t atid 
 w« prepared to go t^ Mr. Chanty's 
 ftat^ ti^hick was about a league oflv^ 
 He met 04 about half w&yy a€<:ompeimed 
 with i friend, wh^was the ti^^qterieih! 
 M hts titvf compitny. W^ arrived a< 
 Charbon, whicfh tvas the name of hii 
 feat. I wrH howev'cr fpafe the reader ^ 
 defcriptiofl of the place, whkh, to do i^ 
 juftic^', t^f^uB be very long; and ftiall 
 coment myfelf with faying, it was i 
 moft delightfol fpot. 
 
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 little paradife, led us fo great a circuir^ 
 ihat at my return .1 found myfcif 
 niuch fatigued, ahd J dcfired permiffion 
 to retire t.o.bccl>.. As foon as I was 
 arrived in my apartment, I faw Mrs, 
 Norfoy enter, v^ho came to inform me 
 that her brother purpofed to play a 
 trick with me the nexc day ; for he had 
 invised, (he faid, two neighbors 10 
 dine with him, who were mod amiabie 
 women. They came with a view of 
 engaging me to do them a feryicc with 
 
 the Marquis de Champigny, and Mr. 
 
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 their fuit to me. She afterwards, with 
 a laugh, added, ** I dcftre ypu to tako 
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 '* fome danger on this occafion/* 
 *^ Don't be afraid, my adorable Vic- 
 ^* toirc,'* I fuid to her, in a low voice ; 
 ** my heart is too much charmed with 
 ^^ the chains it already wears, and is 
 *• too fond of its flavci y to think of 
 '^ feeking another miftrcfsj the en- 
 ** gigemcnt it has contraded with yoa 
 " is for life j befides, ic mull lofc by 
 ♦' the change: coafult your glafs and 
 " you. will fee the fecurrty of my love/* 
 I embraced her» and (be bid me adiea. > 
 
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 through a gallery which led upon, the 
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 ncgtigbmly fyiitg up^n a fopha, with 
 a book rn ont hsmd, and ti^r head fup- 
 ported by t,h^ bthdr, tvhh her elbow 
 refled upoh a g^est piHow. " Who 
 *• would h^Ve ex^efted y6u up fo foon, 
 " ttiy ^ar Viaorre P* I faid to her. 
 ** Havt you been dtftarbed in the 
 ** hfght ?"* A loofe hStodkcrchief gave 
 mti a view of a ncdc iliat txceeded the 
 % in \«rhit^ntft: •^ WiH it bepoOU 
 *' We for y<)t», Wy dear VkSoire," I 
 faid to her, " to permit me to leave you 
 ^- Wr^fo fon^ ai^oyajge ai I am gomg 
 <* 'to tifKtke, wWitkit ^ving tne fome 
 •* pr66fi6fyouf}6tre?*' ^* You may 
 •* have ttrafott to rfcpent any indditacy, 
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 " fcr tne any.'' At that momcht htr 
 book fell our of her hands, her head 
 fdl upon the pillow 5 (he ftgbecl, and 
 clofcd her cy^s. I was fo fired with the 
 %ht of her trbttrnis, which wcre.cire- 
 lefly difplayed, that I knew {k>c to what 
 exirennities I might have ^ocvededy if 
 /he had not {^u&ed xn^ from her, and 
 fdidt *^ Ra(h imti^ what is ic yibu at'' 
 f* tempt ?" To crown my k>ve^ trtf 
 « adorable Vidteirc,*' I faid. " Say, 
 " to diftronor ttie rather,'* flic replied •,** 
 *V Are tbefo tbea tht ©aths and protcf^ 
 .^Vtarbfls you b«ve made? How un*' 
 " fortunate! 1 am to have believed youl 
 *' and how I reproach myfelf for my 
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 tinued, fofccning her features a little, 
 •♦ that poffeffion profcribed both by 
 ** hono^ and religion is aiminal, and 
 inftead of making the boYids of love 
 firmer^ it dcftroys them And gene- 
 '' rates coftfeirfpt. I have thfs day 
 •* becfi the caafeofmy own misfortune, 
 •'therefore am iis culpable as yourfdf j 
 ** afhd'thfeit cdi!^rideraiioii^ afone induces 
 met© pardon^ you, opon condition 
 however that you never from Jience- 
 forth atteihpt any thing- that may 
 '^' offend me; other wife I fvi^ear that 
 ^ I will brcalb ?afF wjkb you emirelyv 
 *• and never fcc 70a imore/l;. 
 
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 r^fpcdled. hcf i but,- Ivvas at that time 
 unacquainted wit!' how tnuch flie was 
 above women ir> general Thegre^t- 
 i)e& of her r|cntifTi|ent3s, whi<?h , tiriie 
 Ihe^ved; pie^^an4 her bchaviour,^ in- 
 fol'raedme of her, tru^ worth ; and even 
 then, vicious as I was, they caufed a^ 
 glinipfeof repentance, excited my ad* 
 miratioiii f^nd. brought my tears. -^ I 
 threw, inyfdfa^t] her feer, conf^ed|b^e 
 injuries I had done her, and acknow- 
 ledgetl myfclf unworthy of the pardon 
 Ihe had granted m^. She repealled ipy 
 ^pardon j raifed me from the ground, 
 gave nie an afFe£kionate embrace, and 
 ordered me to forget every thjng. 
 
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 " 'We hadbccn'nieariMi hour together, 
 whtn Ihe cfefired me to walk imp the 
 garden, ivhither fte 'would knmediacely 
 follow me. I had not been there 6vc 
 rnibufcs before I faw- hei*^ with her 
 brother ai^d ^rfs/Clflaf% ehtep tb 
 garden* 5 ihe brother, after thefalutu- 
 tibh 6f the morningv inrfoiracd n^e,. that 
 I fliedld* fee* at dinner one of the moft 
 faeairtrftrf crcawrei Ih- tfec ' ifland, who 
 would eflfccm herfelf very hai^ in 
 making an impreffion upon tny heart, 
 fbffici^l ta indiK:e me ro fupporc her 
 i«tfepe(tin a petition fhfc was going to 
 prefent^^i'tbe-Mai^fede Ghampigfiy ;. 
 by which means I (hduld acquire a new 
 friend from her gratitude 5 and Ihc was 
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 admired her^ it npiight be a very good 
 match; fer me> •' How ambigupu^ you 
 ** arf, my dear frlpodj* I ftid to hjm; 
 *^ you pfijip^cd: esdi le«l ow: ir«o ib^ 
 " CQUDijj-y 'io ! r^ie.V0: ms feoic d^yf 
 ** froui: the impo^riJfiities of the town^ 
 <r^0d yoi} afe thf? firft tjg^t introduces 
 *' vififpr^^ . 4^ for the; aiuchoi^pu; you 
 ^' h^vQ proofed to me, I thank you 
 " for k^ my choice |& already mad^ 
 ** for lile % bcfides, I am upou the ev« 
 '^ of a long voyagis. I (ball not kp the 
 
 ^' |yi«r^uk de ^l^mgign^^^^ 
 
 " timeii CQnfeqqently have bjut, little 
 
 " power to. ferve the lady. If herdcT 
 *' mapd is juft, and (he goes in per/on, 
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 foon afterwards. The aunr, Mrs. Ef- 
 figne, entered firft, and was immedl- 
 fl'ely fdlowcd by her niece Mifs Lan- 
 gad^'r'''I'ricver faw iiny' that could be 
 compared in point of beauty to her ex- 
 cept Mrs. Norfoy, who etjualled het at 
 leaflri ilay,' opon a drift examination, 
 had a more regular fet of features. 
 They were both nearly of the fame age. 
 Mils liarigady was call and genteel, and 
 ^11 i1ie graces feemed imited in her per- 
 foh 5 the fotrtd of heir voice penetratw-d 
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 fight c^b^r, and fome involuntary fighs 
 cfcaped me, I withdre\^ to endeavor 
 to recover rhyfelf, and curfed Mr« 
 Cbanzy for having thus difturbed my 
 repofe. Mrs.Norfoy immediately joined 
 me to defire my return into the faloon. 
 ** Howcruei /ou are, my dear Vidloire!" 
 I faid to hcri^ " Jeavc me here, 1 be- 
 *^ feech you, and do not compel me to 
 ^ be ungrateful to your love. How 
 ^^ much 1 deteft ypur brother for ha- 
 ^ ving invited thofe ladies ! bow much, 
 *^,| dread the charms of Mifs Lan- 
 ^* gady» or rather, how rniach I f<sar my 
 " own weaknefs !** " I admire your 
 *^ bonefty,** that tender woman (aid to 
 me; ** your candid confelBon al^tiis 
 ^ me lefs than your filence would have 
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 *^ done ; be yoUrrelf dgain ; ^come Mriih 
 •* me and re-join che co^npany. I will 
 *^ ■•aurg^^Wiyi^f^Nvirh ^c^ cdre, ijport 
 ** condition tha(t you* wake me your 
 *' confidant. Do not ' firepbffcfs your 
 ** n^ind, and leave to rtie to aft for 
 ** your good. This lady dtfires a fa- 
 *• vdr or you 5 all the coriipany and 
 ** myiclf JWii her to cri'j^age ybu ; ftay, 
 ^ I fhall efteehi ic ^ 'favor cotiferred 
 ** upon tiiyfelf.** I 'cdnfefs ihe gener- 
 bife beH^Wbr of Mrs. Ndrfoy/fuf prized 
 meexceflit^eiy. • ** JUftlieavenf!^ Icried,' 
 •* ivhei^e*fliall ifind fuGh ai grearn^fe(5f 
 " foul as your% niy dear Vidloirc? 
 •* W6at! ihalM be capably, af^riall 
 ^ That yoU'havcdofec'&nmc^ito "beiun- 
 •' faichfitir<to you ? J<di -mydear, I 
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 will never abandon yod for another 
 ^^ whilft I live.*' I gave her my hand, 
 knd we i^tufned ; (he prefented me 16 
 Mifs Langady^jfayrng at the fame timc^ 
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 " have been fpeakirig lof yoiir afiair ; 
 ** he wHl take the greateft pleafbre iri 
 ** .doihgf oua11^<befcrvid5 ih his powen*r 
 She wanted to obtalh ^ grant:of a fimH 
 wood belonging to the King;' whicli 
 joined the hodfe* beldyngWg^ th'tht la- 
 dtest which *had already bfeeh dttifdndei 
 of ftfe Marquis de^'Fetdgaieres, the Mar- 
 
 quis dd ChampTgny*^ predeceflfdr. 1 
 promifed to exert my power to obTi^fe 
 ber^' but' obfcrved that ' a letter woiif^ 
 hbt'iirrfwer the liefir'ed effe^ft, as h'i 
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 motives that induced his pfedeceflbr to 
 fefufe it, which mpft probably wpuld 
 hpe the fame influence upon him, and 
 make hint) refufe it too; if (he was 
 willing to w^it for my. return from the 
 voyage I was going to make, I could 
 ^p myfelf the honour pfprefenting the 
 Pj^uijon to the CJpvernor- general, 'and 
 ^would fupport it with all my power. 
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 •* there will be a longer interval between 
 •* the favor I have fo lately obtained 
 •* and what I wifh to obtain for you.** 
 My reafons were approved of by all the 
 company, and the ladies agreed to my 
 propofcrf. The kdies, ^ uppn taking 
 leave of us afcer dinner, invited us to 
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 dine wi h them the nexc day, which we 
 
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 Cuftom that univerfally reigns in all 
 countries, turned upon the company thac 
 had ju(l left us. /* it is impoflible, I 
 " think/' faid Mr. Chanzy, ^* to find 
 a morc> complete perfon in the 
 world than Mifs Langady, and 
 her diidci*ftanding is equal to her 
 perfon 5 but the great (hare of co- 
 quetry^ thac ihe poiTcfles fuliics all 
 her good qualities, and caufes tvcr-, 
 qpent flcirm'rlhes amongft her ad-^ 
 ** mirers.** Aftcfr giving a hiftory ol 
 ^^fcveral duels that had been fought on 
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 V» poflefles fo great aparciality for her,, 
 " that fhe in fome meafure auihiorizes 
 " her levity. I vvifh however (addref- 
 •' fing himfclf to roc) that you v^ould 
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 will diminifh: tfee; dc^ pf I??ing 
 efteeroed fucb.,, J^, thank you for 
 your coui^fcl, but f know myfelf to 
 l^e of too jiealousa difpofiti^n to be^; 
 bold ^itb ca(f my rivaJs. around her v 
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 ^' nate lovers : .but as you give nw 
 ^* fuch good advice, my clear friend; 
 *'.*why don't you follow it yourfelf? 
 *' Wboknov/s but the happy lot of en- 
 ■' S^S^'^g ^^ heart may be refervcrt 
 *> for you?/ As for myfclf, I aip dct* 
 ** tined to plough the briny deep, and 
 " have no other ambition than that of 
 ^making my fortune by.trade^ and 
 ^ afterwalrds {baring it with th€ perfori 
 ^ whofe ch;|ia3 ^re it)y greateft gipry.*'' 
 The firft moment th.4t I was alone 
 with Mrs. Norfoy, (he faid to me, 
 ♦r ''^cU ! , ^o^S, yoyr heart ftill perceive 
 ^: aey feii(TO«n.« for: Mifs La^igady ? 
 ••"^ YoinSDuft: eopftfs th^t you aree^filj^ 
 " iiiSamcd, and what have I not ta 
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 •* to me was rather the cfFeft of fur- 
 ** p ize than an emotion of lovei be- 
 *^ fides, thofe noble fentimencs you pof- 
 ^Vfcfs, and which are fo confpicuous, 
 *•, will always prefervc mc from being 
 ** guilty of infidelity to you^ and tho* 
 *^ I have this day feen a lady who 
 nearly equals you in (he beauty of 
 her perfon, where fhall I find your 
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 wbod ^joining to the houfe, where (he 
 deKve'red her fentiments with fuch Cm-' 
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 not make me wife, they made me at 
 lead fenfible of the value of wifdom. 
 She accom^pahicd her inftruflion with 
 the mod flattering ii:ark of tendernefs, 
 as (hs followed her natural difpoficion. 
 She came at length to make me promife 
 my happinefs in (he refufal (he bad* 
 given me that morning, and convinced 
 me that virtue alone was capable of af« 
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 Mrs. Efllngues's was very fplendid; atul 
 Mifs Langady bad ufed her mmoft are 
 to appear beautiful ', but the account I 
 had heard of her deftroyed all tht force 
 of her charms^ and my love for Mrs/ 
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 that it was impai&ble for any thing ta 
 weaken it. When I carpe to coq:ipare 
 tjie great viripfi qf.iae oncv^^h ^h^ 
 great levity Qf^this othcr^ ^J h^} reafpn ta 
 be Atisfifd- witb.thc chcficjcrl ltl4 already 
 made; I did not ereft^avbid tic, eyes 
 of thar enchanting Syren J. fhc was in 
 greai6;fpirici» at .die nb^ioiiiog^ of the 
 a&eitu)0h« iiuig vAvtdk) d ti;races 
 
 imaginable, and, in Hioqr^i. negle&ed^ 
 nothing to pleafe and increafe the nam- 
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 fffx^imii vlfmilfid^ t^ nlakeihe^ UO.T 
 ^ejft^o^ that Ihe neied not fer-my -be* 
 ipg .ic^ilghjt ifeyotb^o baits, .thaitf wece 
 ih^c^wr^ out* ; In ihoi;t, ^14}fe ^apg^dy 
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 indiffefeace, and became dull and me- 
 lancholy V for nothing mprti6es > cq- 
 qirett f6 much as feeing any pqrfon in« 
 different to h^r charms, and efpecially 
 one (hfi^»wi(hes to engage. The vexa- 
 tion arifing from this caufe very often 
 exceeds all the pleafure.fbe has received 
 from her other conquefts v fhe is fomc- 
 times fo much humbled as tQ fprgei 
 herfelf fo much as even to make the 
 firft advances 5 her volatile dipofitioii 
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 The day of our arrlvnl from the 
 country, Mr. Prcpont informed me ch 2t 
 his veflets were loaded, and he fliould 
 depart in two or three days. There 
 came to us that evening two Domini-* 
 cans, to defire their paflfage to Cape 
 Fr^WCoiSi <^ Cape Tibcroon as it ir 
 (bmeirmes eaMed. Mrs. Chanzy pro- 
 pofed to us to give two unforcunace 
 young people their paflTage, informmg 
 us that they had been at Marigalante 
 four mon)h^ waiting for an opportunrty 
 to go to St. Domingo. She faid thiey 
 had beeh caft away in a vioFent hurri- 
 cane, and there Were only feven faved 
 otjt of the thirty^ which was tht num* 
 bcrof people aboard, when the vcffcl 
 foundered. "Without waiting for Mr. 
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 Prepont*8 anfwer, (he dcfircd us to go 
 with her into another apartment, where 
 we found afoung man about twenty-fix 
 years of age ; he was tall, genteel^ and 
 had a moft engaging countenance; 
 there was a young lady with him, who 
 feemed to be about twenty, whom her' 
 told us was his coufin to remove any 
 injurious fufpicions, (He w'ai a gfeit^ 
 beauty, and very accomplilhed, Tbey 
 were going, rhcy faid, to St. Domingo^ 
 to poflcfs an immenfe fortune bythe^ 
 
 defire of an aunt of thdr father's. Thefc. 
 
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 two perfons affedted us 1b much, and; 
 their (tate feemed fo deferving of our 
 compaflion, that Mr. Prepont not only 
 agreed to give them th. paffage they^ 
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 , The next day !^l^s• Norfoy came to 
 feckfineio n^ ?ip^ctment;^ and told me,^. 
 
 we .yrer^ und^r,,ej^ery. ihingought to be 
 common between us^from that time, 
 therefore fee- was willing to aflbciate 
 l\e^fcl|: with, 1TW good as well a^s bad 
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 IJfty Sp^nifli ,piftole.% wl^ich ftii? obliged 
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 gave ea^h oiher all the marks of the 
 lenderncfs we were iqrpired with ; and 
 ^v^ Preporv( and myfeir^oo^ ptiHr kav^% 
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 nrJ paflfed thq two . firft :days (rf our 
 Ypy^gs ii>. 4«U itt\mmhQ\yrf bgt Mr., 
 I^reponii's r^pt^efentaijoaai '^mdi w'nbt 
 my om$i leteciioiw, Soi^^^hu ditnirt 
 n^flied my ?di8r.eftf»ir To <3ifl3p^e: it en- 
 tirely,,.! torulQfted; itiyfelf iatimately^ 
 with the Chevalier d^Aubigny and his 
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 feflcd of excellent tiifpoGtions, and all 
 the neccflary qoalitirs to make ^ them 
 agreeable company. Mr. Prepont, Who 
 had a fincere efleem for them, had fent 
 the two Dominicans aboard one of ihe 
 llhallops, commanded by his Lieutenant, 
 as he could not entertain all df them 
 aboard the brigantine, and was deflrous 
 of keeping the orbef^*, therefore the 
 Chevalier and his couQn remained with 
 us. I gave up to the fattdr an apart- 
 ment that Mr. Propone had iitied up 
 purpofcly for me, and lay iipbn a mat* 
 trafs in a cabin adjoining her coufm^s^ 
 
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 dcfirfd, if it would nbt be indifcrccc in 
 bin, to tell me the caufe of that dif- 
 trefs I faw he was afflifted with, ad- 
 ding, that grief v.as always diminifhed 
 by confidence in a friend ; that if I was 
 (o happy as to polfcfs that little in bis 
 cftecm, he might be'aflured of my fym-^ 
 pathizing with him, and my difcretion. 
 He anfwcredj.that I had deGred what 
 he wifhed to comtnunicatc to me •, that 
 he accepted my friehdlhip with more 
 plcafurc, as I had already given fuch 
 ample JM-oofs of it both to Jiitnfclf and 
 his coufin, without knowing who they 
 were; that they both very much wifhed 
 fdr an opportunity of Ihewihg their 
 gratitude; and to convince me of the 
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 r>^ l^iig^r heGf ate. to rdate ^ tlijs hifiory 
 
 t'be Hijlcry of the Cbevaliir md- Mrs, 
 
 T AM dcfcended frpn) p,i>c of ihe mod 
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 was not more than teii| ycacs. of age 
 when 1 loljl. my oip^hei^ ^ ,lylg iat,ber„ 
 who w,a^\^ (?^ai^;gf fkaggpi^^iaahq 
 r^gtiincnjc of ,*,f^*i, pl^eecf Bfie ii) the 
 liandsr of a fifter-ip-law. ^ JHei? tolband 
 ^^a?| pvy d^th^i;** ddp? ibrcMjbcr, and oia- 
 }P%,\^^ tbei^iim^ jregifl^POt^; §^ had a 
 
 ^^ abput fiivft ye^c$. youiiger. The fame 
 ipaftq4:s. infl:ri)£^d : bQ(h n%y cquGo and 
 
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 myfolf and both of tia received an edqca* 
 tian fuitable tio our birtfi. Our fathers 
 cam6 to plfs every vicam hour 'with my 
 aunt i my own was highly plcafed to 
 find my diipofitions (imilar tro his, whilA 
 my coufin's wferel direflly oppoGte; 
 every thiog tended to (hew) his; imclinaiv^ 
 lion for the church, which was not ap* 
 proved of by his fa4:y]i]y, and made all 
 the tendernefs of his mother pafs to 
 me. As fooa as: I ^as: arrived at hi v 
 fifteemih year,* my, father procured me a 
 cornetcy in his regiment, wid at the ex-* 
 p^iration of four years I obtained a com^ 
 panyj about two montbS' tfftr'wards 
 hiy uhc-te* died, ki ^ohfi^plerlcfe 6f 1^ 
 Wand he received Jiv^^' Sktl My f^^ 
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 time with my aunr, tofupportand com- 
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 appeared afterwards not to have been 
 very dear to her, I found that my 
 cidcft coufin was gone to Paris to fludy 
 theology, and my little coufin, who 
 was then about fourteen years of age, 
 had been placed in a convent about 
 three months before. 
 
 I received. every ^ mark of affeftion 
 frpm my aunt duHng the four months 
 that I continued with her; (he gave me 
 the grcatell: proofs of her friendfliip, 
 a^d at nly departure made tne a prefent 
 pf a hundred ilouisd'orsjwhfch was a 
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 of twenty, .who loved play and every 
 
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 Other amufement that a pcrfon is fuf^ 
 ceptibic of at that ag<. After that 
 timej^was almoft four years witiiout 
 quitting the garrifon, but the fuddea 
 death of my father obliged me toabfenc 
 myfcif from it, to fettle my affairs, 
 which he did not leave in the happicft 
 (late. 
 
 My aunt, although (he was at that 
 time forty years of age, was one of the 
 handfomeft, and alfo the richefl: women 
 in the province. She hadrefufed^ fincc 
 the death of her hufband, feveral very 
 confiderable offers which had been 
 made her, under the pretext of a refolu- 
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 them and paid my father's debts, be* 
 ftowed many favors upon myfelf, cx- 
 dtlfcd me fronfi any debts I might think 
 due to her upon account lof the money 
 flie had advanced, and charged herfclf 
 with the adminiftration of my affairs 
 during my abfcncc. 
 
 One day that we were together alone, 
 (he (hewed me an account of every 
 thing fhe had done fbr^'iiife fince the 
 death of myitlother to chat mdmenr, to 
 the prejiidice et^en of her ov^h children, 
 ^hb, (he obfervcd it tVe fame time, (he 
 had done no great injury to, as (he had 
 dete'rmirted her daughter ftjould pafs 
 the rerifiainder bf her days in'a convent ; 
 ihait on the' bthtr Ihi^d her fon bad em- 
 
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 braced the church by his own defire, 
 therefore he could not oblige her to 
 give an'iadDDant of hrsf father^ riches^ 
 which in truth, 'flic faid, were but very 
 moderate, though more than fufRcient 
 for the fupport of a perfon fo religious 
 as hewis; befides that, flie was iiiiftrefs 
 of her own fortune, and coiild difpofe 
 of itti)^i«y'i^rfBri^'With6tTf Fcftraintor 
 controul from ainy one ; and that it was 
 con fiderabfe enough to make the man 
 bappj^'fj/e'ap^ 
 
 that fli^e did not believe me fo little ca- 
 pabrcbfdifcernmentai'nbt to perceive 
 that I was the objeft of her choice, -and 
 fhe hadtoto gridd an opinion of my uri- 
 derftanding tb %p^ofc me Irifenfibk of 
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 the acceptance of her hand and fortune, 
 which (he had refufed to fo many ^ but 
 her dcfign was| to wait t wp year^ longer, 
 till I (hould obtain a majority, before 
 (he concluded the marriage, and (lie 
 would obtain the neccffary difpenfaiions 
 from the court of Rome; that it would 
 be more prudent to keep <the affair a 
 fccret to prevent public difcourfe, and 
 the relationfhip of aunt and nephew 
 would be a difguife to our connedion. 
 She then afkcd me V^hat I thought of 
 the de(ign ? ** Nothing, my dear 
 aunt, (I faid) but that you are de- 
 firous of knowing my real fenti- 
 " mcnrs. I am very fenfible of every 
 *• thing you have done for me, and 
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 <* membrancc of the many favors I 
 « have received, buc I am not fo bafe 
 ** as to dcfirc the difinheritance of your 
 " children. I will not deceive you, if 
 " I did, it would make me undeferving 
 ** of your favors, and the honorable 
 " propofal you have now made me ; if 
 " it is true that you are willing to 
 " unite your iu.tune with mine, an ho- 
 ** nor I am afraid of flattering myfclf 
 " with, what would be your opinion of 
 " a man that was capable of plunging 
 " a dagger in the bofoms of your chil- 
 " dren ? For would it not be equal to 
 " death to deprive them of all their 
 '' fortune ? You Ihould know me bet- 
 " ter. Madam, and (hould do more 
 jufticc to the fentiments of honor 
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 yoq have taken fiich pains to^ incul^ 
 *' cat^e* If ^, ^hc cxpiwiofv (^v^w©i 
 *' ^qars^ thje t^ermf yPMP prqdj^rw;^ t^afi 
 *fj appointed fos n^y* H^ppijncfs,; yaqjcon- 
 " tuuijB in th«; foniiej r^fQlyitipn, and I 
 ** c^o poffQfs yout baiwJ wi^bowt re- 
 ^ rnqr^ptk accpunt.ofjq^urv children, it 
 
 wU prpdujq^^ a{ mqc|ii i}[)of^ folid hap. 
 
 pin#fs thof^ cel^cacing ouir marriage 
 
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 I thus rather favored her defign for 
 fjeveral reafon5, as an abfolutc denial 
 might have occafiQned bcr to take fonic: 
 refqliuions ftill. more injfirious to. her 
 cbildreq,, and ba^ve; glvea her hand to. 
 one of her loyer% that perhaps would. 
 
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 prejudices 
 
 not aft with my delicacy j befides, two 
 y^eacs nnight produce great alterations. 
 1 had befides my own concerns to recure,^ 
 they W£re in her hands, and I had greac 
 reafon to fear the condufl: of a woman 
 who few h^felf defpifed 5 as flighted 
 love generally produces an implacable 
 batfed, which, is often fucceeded by the 
 mott meldncholy confequences. An air 
 of fatisfaftion, that inftamaneoufly ap- 
 peared, diffufed over her countenance, 
 evidently proved the pleafure my an- 
 fvvcr had given. She faid that fhe was 
 very glad to find that I poflfefled 
 fucb fine fentimentSi but thought I 
 carried my delicacy rather too fiir-, 
 however, flie faid, it ferved to confirm 
 the good opinion (he had always enter- 
 
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 tained of me, and to juftify her difcern- 
 ment in her choice. She added,, that 
 fince T had accepted her offers, nothing 
 henceforth need prevent us living toge- 
 ther, as people who were one day to be 
 united by indifluluble bonds, and that 
 flie knew me fufficiently to fear neither 
 my inconflancy or indifcretion. She 
 then quitted me to receivfe a rifitor, atid 
 left me time to refleft upon what had 
 happened between us. Her inf!j.:ried 
 countenance, the fparkling of her ryes, 
 and the tendency o^' ^er difcourfe, con- 
 vihced me oF the dilord^r of her mind, 
 and the defire (he had to anticipate thofe 
 pleafurcs, which were not to my rafle ; 
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 3 yoiig officer feemed to promife but in- 
 differently to footh her pafTions, there- 
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 friend to procure an order from the 
 court for pie to join the regiment im- 
 mediateJy, and till that happened, I de- 
 termined to feign ficknefs, to diminilh, 
 if poffible, by that and abfence, a paffioti 
 tha^ I had every thing to fear from. ,. 
 
 The day after this converfation, my 
 aunt being informed by her woman of 
 my indifpofuion, imagined that the 
 country air would reftore my health, 
 and fpr that purpofe engaged me to ac- 
 company, her to the convent where my 
 cjufin was •, I ccnfented with lefs reluc- 
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 a tete a tcU^ which I was very much 
 afraid of. Immediately upon our enter- 
 ing the parlor in the cloyftejrr (he took 
 me by the hand and prefented me to 
 Mifs D'Aubigny, the lady you fee 
 here with wii^h me, faying, ** My dear 
 ^* daughter, I have brought your coufin, 
 ^* whom you have silways loved, and 
 ** when iwo ycare have rfapfed, I (hafl 
 " add another title, which will make 
 »* h*m M\ d^tar m youi* We fixed 
 our eyes upon each other, fbe Wuflicd, 
 and I felt a fudJen emotion. Without 
 pYing time to *hcr another to continue 
 her fpsech, fhc cried out, "Oh, my 
 dcarMamma, will youthen make him 
 my hufband ?*' My aunt, at this 
 qucftioo/feemcd thunder llruck, looked 
 
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 ^t her with difdain, got up and walked 
 fcveral tintes acrdfs the room, to ihink 
 what (lie (liould fay in anfwer to it. 
 
 I perceived that what my aunt had 
 
 •faid produced a very confider able efFeft 
 
 tipoti nny coufin, and whether feff 
 
 4ove was flattered by the joy ilre exprcf- 
 
 %d whbh I had been ^ncfftioned, t>v 
 
 tvhethtr I thought her mbre charming 
 
 fh^n w-hen I fir ft fa^ her at the graw, 
 
 er lb wtKat cadfe Co antibure my feivft- 
 
 tions, I khfew not ; but 1 found I loved 
 
 her; a ftrong emotion, accompanied 
 
 with feveml fighs, ftifled> in feme mca- 
 
 fure, through fear, made her fenfible ctf 
 
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 prefers of her feotinicnts, convinced me 
 of her fym path izing with mc. 
 
 The Chevalier D'Aubigny was at 
 this part of his hiftory, when we heard 
 the boatfwain's whiftlc, which was im- 
 /nediately followed by a violent noife 
 upon the quarter-deck over our heads. 
 .We flipped on our cloaths, and went 
 upon deck with the greateft hade; it 
 was to be a witnefs to an accident that 
 our pilot had caufed, from which we 
 were with difficulty prefervcd. We 
 had joined company the evening before, 
 -off St. Kitt*3 (an ifland that I fhall have 
 pccafion to Ipeakof in the,feque!) with 
 a barque bound to Jamaica. Afier we 
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 torn, the captain or matter of the barque 
 appeared to be our pilot's friend j as the 
 fea was calm, he took the boat and 
 went aboard, and fo well renewed his 
 old acquaintance, that when he returned 
 about eleven in the evening, he was f 
 drunk that he fell cr/erboard, and would 
 have been lofl, if one cf the men in the 
 boat had not caught hold of the (kirts 
 of his coat and hawled him in. As 
 foon as he came aboard he fell afleep, 
 and left the ftecragc of the veflTtl to ih? 
 care of a fcaman who had no experience, 
 and fufFcred a fquall to come on without 
 Ihortemng faih The (quail was fa 
 violent that it laid us on our broadfide, 
 and carried away one of our topmafts; 
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 could not take it in, and we were forced 
 to make feveral large holes through k 
 to let the wind through, which fuc- 
 ceeded very well, or we (hould foon hav« 
 liniflied our courfes. We (hipped one 
 very large fca, that forced me with 
 great violence againft the mainmaft, and 
 it was happy for me that the mainmaft 
 was in the way, or I (bould inevitably 
 have been wafhed overboard, where in 
 dl probability I (hould have been a 
 rneal for a (hark, which are in great 
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 the hold. Every man was imrnediacely 
 
 x>rdcred 10 the pump, anu each was 
 
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 tobliged indifcrirtiiniM'elyro work for the 
 prcfcrvation of Jiis life. We fired a gun 
 to inform our two fhallops of our dif- 
 ttefs, wito were a l-eague a-head of us; 
 they aTifwered ^r?, flad<ened fail, and 
 waited for us. 
 
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 where we dettrmined to go and repait 
 our btigtinthie. Wt fbtind that oul* 
 (hallopi had bfech happy ^fnough td 
 rfcape widiout any dsirtiage, ais thei*' 
 (Commanders h^d been nfiotie prudent. 
 A^ we were oblrged tb carVy but lictk 
 rail, we did not comre to ^h anchor at 
 Santa Quz till eight tht next mdrtiiflg. 
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 a very polite manner, and promifed us 
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 us all to dine wiih him ; that is to fay, 
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 D'Aubigny, the two Dominicans, and 
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 iflands ; the furfacc of it is every where 
 level and even, atid the air unwhole- 
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 produces large quantities of lugar, and 
 excellent tobacco *, but the latter article 
 had entirely failed the laft year, and I 
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 great price. This ifland once belonged 
 to the French, who fold it to the Danes, 
 and it has been theirs ev^r fincc^ 
 
 ' As we were one day upon the coaft, 
 we perceived a fmall ifland at a (hors 
 difl:ance froni Sanra Cruz. Mr. Pre- 
 pont called it the ifle of Salt, which 
 had been once inhabited, though no- 
 body lived there at that lime. It was 
 propofed to go there with our guns, 
 which was immediately accepted, and 
 we killed a confiderahle quantity of 
 game. 
 
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 anchor, and falutcd the fort. We con- 
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 where we arrived without a<ny otfeier ac* 
 ci.lent on the iwwity-founh d^^ aEref 
 our departure from Marlgilante, and 
 tame to it\ a&chor about eight in the 
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 ihut up ; we put OUT vilit oifF till the 
 next day, and determined 10 pafs the 
 night aboard. 
 
 We had feveral vifuors aboard till 
 ten o'clock, and there commonly are to 
 every vcffcl that arrives in the road. 
 They brought us all forts of fifli ; we 
 •bought one called an old wife, which 
 was -about three feet long, and was t5t- 
 cetlent ftewed in wine» 
 
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 When we had fupped, 1 engaged the 
 Chevalier D'Aubigny to retire/ and 
 ■give me the remainder of hts hiftory*, 
 which he had feft unfiriHied frono oerr 
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 Chevalier and Mrs, D'Aubigny. 
 
 After my aunt had walked acrofs the 
 roorr> for feven or eight minutes, (he 
 took her feat, and addreffed her daugh- 
 ter in the following words : " It ap- 
 " pears to me, Mi fs, that your Imagina- 
 ** lion is too much inflamed, and that 
 you think more of the world than 
 yououghr* Who has al'ready given 
 ** you fuch information upon this ar- 
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 marriage ? The change in your 
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 fpeaks a dsfire, which, at your age, is 
 criminal *, biic I would noc have you 
 confider my nepljew as a man des- 
 tined to be your hufband, as two 
 very eftential things oppofe it; you 
 are not rich, and your coufin is dill 
 lefs fo, and the little he poficffcs is 
 owing to my kindnefs ; therefore, 
 my dear child, erafe from your 
 mind the imprcflSon I have unde- 
 figi^cdly made by; my words, which 
 I repent of very heartily. You will 
 continue here two years longer, and 
 then if you defire an eftabiifhment in 
 the world, I will endeavor to pro- 
 cure you fuch as you might .expeft; 
 however, I hope the Lord will in- 
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 *• more ufcful to his glory and your 
 ** own good. I will not however force 
 *' your inclination 5 but confider that 
 *' the world is very full of rocks and 
 quickfands, upon which the moft fo- 
 lid vinue, unlcfs fupported by grace, 
 ** h oftentimw loft ; and i<he vtriue 
 like your«, which fcems already wa- 
 verrng, fcldom cfcapes. Gorffidcr, 
 on the otl>cr hand, tbfe plcfefuw^cB of ^ 
 " monaiftic Jffe, ih^ tl«t«<ftfte delight of 
 ** dedieating yowfelf ^O rfee lautbor of 
 ** your being ewtn^ly, for which yott 
 *' will receive a 'crown of glory, wliich 
 " is the ambition of all people^ and but 
 ** few Teceive, Yoq will quit yowr re- 
 ** lations, your friends, and acquaiirrt- 
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 few imaginary and momentary plea- 
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 " Ihort, and leaves the body pfterwards 
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 ** Make the comparifon between thefe 
 •* two ftates, my dear daughter, and I will 
 ** aft according to your choice. I (hall 
 ** leave your coufm with you for a mo- 
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 *' the Lady Abbcfs, and I will after- 
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 tually infpircd vviih for each other-, I 
 fwore to perfevere in my love for her till 
 death; flic protefted that (lie vvoukl at- 
 tach herfclf entirely to me whilft (lie 
 lived, and that no other fliould ever 
 have a place in her hcarr, 
 
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 I then related every thing to her. that 
 had paffcd between her mo:herand my- 
 fclf ; I promifcd to wait of her the day 
 of my departure for the garrifon, and 
 during the interval to endeavor to find 
 out the means of conveying letters to 
 eacl\ other with fecrccy and fafety. 
 
 I ad V4 fed her alfo not to appear dif- 
 obedient to the dcfires of her mother, 
 during the two years that remained to 
 
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 eiapfe before my obtaining a majority, 
 le^ft it fliould be prejudicial to our in- 
 tereft •, that on my fide, my approach- 
 ing abfrnce would fccure me from her 
 purfuifs, and befides I knew how to dif- 
 femble in fuch a manner as not to leave 
 the lead caufe for fufpicion. I had no 
 fooner .finilhed ihislaft word than Mrs.j 
 D'Aubigny returned, and after iefiring 
 her daughter to reflcft f rioufly upon 
 what (he h.id faid, we took our leave and 
 returned to her houfe. 
 
 We had no converfation during our 
 journey, as we were accompanied by 
 Mrs. Bonneuil, my aunt's woman. She 
 placed great confidence in her, and I 
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 tory. 
 
 This woman was about fifty years of 
 age; (he lived in the fame capacity with 
 my mother, as (he then did with my 
 aont, into whofc fcrvice (he entered 
 upon the death of her firft rniftrcfs. She 
 had nurfed me, and gave me daily 
 proofs of her friendfliip and regard for 
 me. 
 
 As I wifhed to deliver myfcif up to 
 my rcfleftions, to think of the means of 
 feeing my coufin before my departure, 
 and to eftablifti a fecret corrcfpondence 
 between us, I feigned myfelf more in- 
 dtfpofed than when I went out in the 
 
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 mornings which gave me the liberty of 
 retiring to my apartment, and going to 
 bed. I had. npc been there more thaa 
 an hour before Mrs. D'Aubigny came 
 to me ; (he appeared to be very fenfible 
 of my indifponcion, and propofed to 
 fend for her doftor, which I very flrongly 
 objected to, obferving that a little re- 
 pofc would probably re-eftablifli my, 
 health. She then allied me if I was 
 contented with the lelTon (he had giveai 
 her daughter? I approved of it in. 
 fuch a. manner as would have deceived 
 the moil fufpicious, and added, that the 
 behavior of my coufin ought to be con- 
 fidered only as the efFeft of youth, and, 
 in faft did not deferve the leaft attcn- 
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 piilh matters any further, becaufe, as I 
 had the honor to obferve to her before, 
 I was unwilling to force her t6 the vo- 
 eation ; but if it was the efftS: of my 
 cou(in*s choice, I (hould be happy, and 
 hive nothing to reproach myfdf with. 
 
 
 ' I never in my life faw a woman more 
 pleafed than my aunt was with my an- 
 fwer ; flie heaped carcfles on me, and I 
 believe they would have been followed 
 with the moft ferious confequences, if 
 my heart had been difpoft'd for ic. 
 Mrs. Bonncuil entered fQbn afterv;..rds, 
 and happily drew me out of the embar- 
 raffmcnt in which I was plunged, b y 
 taking her miftrefs to fupper. 
 
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 I employed the whole night in form- 
 ing difFerenc projefts, but could i.ot, de- 
 termine upon any i and whilft I was 
 dreffing myfclf the next morning, I faw 
 ]Mrs. Bonneuii enter, who came from 
 my aunt to know how I was. An air 
 of impatience, which I exprclTed on be- 
 ing To frequently difturbed, and fomc 
 ijgha that efcapcd me, occafioned her to 
 tell me, that I was more uneafy than 
 difordcred, and that if I was willing to 
 open myiclf to her, I fihould find her a 
 difcreet confidant 5 that I could not be 
 unacquainted with her friendfliip for 
 me, and fhc dcfired nothing fo much 
 as to prove her zeal ; (he faid that (he 
 poffcficd the confidence of her miftrefs j 
 that (he knew all her defigns concerning 
 
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 me, and that the evening before, whilft 
 (he was undrefTing of her, (he had told 
 her of the difcourfe (lie had that day 
 with the Lady Abbefs concerning her 
 daughter, and that her intention was to 
 force her 10 take the habit immediately 
 afcer my departure for the garrifon, and 
 to force her to take the veil before my re- 
 turn ; (he faid (he informed me of it, 
 that if I intcrefted myfclf in the cxecu- 
 cution of her defigns, I might take the 
 neceflfary fteps to prevent it ; that (he 
 was determined to make me fuch ad- 
 vances towards my confidence, that (he 
 might affift me with her advice, and do 
 me all the fervice in her power ; that 
 Ihe was encouraged at the views of her 
 miftrefs, whom (he would henceforth 
 
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 pretend to fcrve in her criminal defires, 
 only to fcrvc me in my more innocent 
 defigns. I accepted the offers of this 
 womaa with plcafure, and did not con- 
 ceal from her what had pafled becwten 
 my aunt and me ; I exprtfTcd the in- 
 vincible repugnance I had to marrying 
 her, and the vexation her prGpoQIs 
 had caufcd me; I let her underftand 
 that my particular intercft forced me to 
 ufe a diflimulation with her, that was 
 contrary to my nature and wiflies; I 
 told her that I expcfled an order every 
 day from court to join the regiment, 
 which I had fcnt for in order to place 
 myfelf out of the reach of her infamous 
 purfuits ; I confeffed my love for my 
 coufin to her ; her return and the pro- 
 
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 mife I had mack to fee her the day of 
 my departure, with my defire of efta- 
 bli(hing a cofrefpondence between us ; 
 ** in (hort, (I faid) thefe are iho trii« 
 '* caufes of my indifpoficion, and no 
 ** pe'rfon can fo effeftually remove them 
 " as you, if you are as zealous for my 
 ^' intereft as you Dy you are.'* 
 
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 This woman -confirmed me in the 
 good opinion I already entertained of 
 her, by telling me (he would go and 
 confider of the meafures neceflary to be 
 taken to oblige me ; and that till my 
 departure (he would watch her miftrefs 
 fo well, that (he would not have much 
 time to teize me with her difcourfe, and 
 
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 would not fail of giving me an account; 
 every morning of what (he had heard. 
 
 Three days after this converfation I 
 received the expefted Order from courr, 
 And pretended to faint when I delivered 
 it to my aunt 5 (he informed me that 
 (he had a near relation in the Queen's 
 bouihold, whonri (he would write to if 
 I was willing^ to defire him to get the 
 order revoked^ which muft have been 
 given through mi(lake, as there were 
 feven weeks unexpired of the time 
 granted ine for my abfence. I appeared 
 to confent to her propofal at firft, but 
 made her perceive immediately after- 
 wards, that fucb ^ftep would inevitably 
 bring reflediiion upon mp ; therefore 
 
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 the mod wife and prudent refoluiion 
 would be, I faid, notwithflanding my 
 define tabe near her, to obey the order, 
 and if nothing extraordinary required 
 my prefencc at the garrilbn, to inform 
 the minifter of the injury I fhould fuf- 
 fer in my affairs from my abfence, and 
 to demand another furlough, which 
 would not be for a Icfs time than four 
 months, by which means I fhouTd be a 
 gainer of feveral weeks longer abfence ; 
 Ihe confented to my reafons, which (he 
 thought very good, and my departure 
 was fixed for the founh day after 
 
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 fchemc (he had thought of for my vi- 
 Cting my coufin, and brought with her 
 a complete Abbot's drefs, band, wig, 
 leather cap, &c. " There, Sir," (he 
 faid to me, laughing at the fame time, 
 '• is what will introduce you to your 
 ** coufin the day you depart from 
 " hence*, I have borrowed it of acou- 
 *' fin of mine, who. is about your fizc. 
 I have likewifc arianged every thing 
 neceflary for your correfpondence ; 
 "you may dircft the letters you write 
 ** to your coufin uader cover to me, 
 '* and I will fend them to a relation of 
 " mine which I have in that convent, 
 *' who will deliver them pundlually, 
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 ** fwcrs by the fame means ; but ic 
 ^* will be neceffary to engage my coufin 
 ^ by fome little prefents, though I will 
 take that cxpence upon royfclf. Are 
 you plcafed with my fcheme? All 
 your difficulties are removed, and ic 
 •* is yo'T duty to conduft matters in 
 •* fuch a manner as not to let any thing 
 tranfpire, or we (hall all of us be 
 loft beyond recovery." I embraced 
 her, and thanked her for the effential 
 fervice Ihc had done me. I gave her 
 a diamond ring, worth forty piftoles, 
 which had belonged to my mother, 
 and had been in my poflcffion fmce 
 the death of my father, and accom- 
 panied it with five and twenty louis 
 
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 d'ors, to bcftow ps (he thought pro- 
 per. She left me alone, and I went 
 into the town to fettle my afTairs. . 
 
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