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schooners cast anchor while they take in the produce of the 
adjacent plantations destined for Port-Louis. It was here 
that Captain Flinders took refuge with the boat in which he 
had effected his miraculous passage from the coast of New 
Holland ; and here he was apprehended by order of Governor 
de Caen, on pretence of being a spy, and detained on the 
island for several years as a captive. Itis but justice, however, 
to add, that the conduct of the Governor in this instance was 
very generally disapproved of by the Colonists; and that our 
navigator, who appears to have been a prisoner at large over 
the Island, experienced from them a degree of sympathetic 
attention which consoled him in some measure under his 
unmerited misfortune. 
* After dinner we left Blancard's, and, having taken 
leave of our friendly conductor, pursued our way along the 
sea-shore. In a couple of hours we arrived at Porte 
Jacoté, garrisoned by a subaltern's detachment of the 86th 
regiment. A couple of two-gun batteries, one on the main- 
land, the other on a small adjacent island, protect this little 
cove and the craft which take shelter in it. An attack was, 
however, made on this post by the boats of the Nereid 
frigate, while cruising off the coast, and the Civil Com- 
missary, a gouty old gentleman, taken prisoner after all his 
people had deserted him. Night was now fast approaching, 
and we had still a league to walk to Mr. Lousteau’s place, 
where we proposed sleeping. It was quite dark "when; we 
arrived there, and what was still worse, our landlord — 
from home, We had no difficulty, however, in making our 
quarters good, it being a point of honour among the 
planters, to have the stranger at all times made welcome. 
“ Many of the planters have of late turned their attention 
to the cultivation of the Clove; and among these, M.-Los- 
teau appears to be among the most enterprising. A great 
Part of his estate is laid out in plantations of this valuable 
spice; and he has added in no small degree to its beauty, 
by bordering the fields with rows of the elegant vn 
(Casuarina equisetifolia} ‘This tree, which is a native 
Madagascar, bears a striking resemblance to the Larch; 
