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^* fliall hunt to make them fubfift, and we will 

 ^* cat together: Will not that be good? what 

 J_* doft thou fay to it, father ?'* 



To this difcourfe, which was Ipoken with a 

 Erm tone of voice, with grace and decency, 

 and even, if I may be allowed the exprellion, 

 with the mofl majeilic deportment, M. de Biett" 

 ville anfwered in a few words, in the common 

 language, which he fpoke pretty fluently •, that 

 he was very glad that their nation had recovered 

 their fcnfes •, he gave them fomething to eat ; 

 and, as a mark of friendfhip, he put his hand 

 into that of the fpeaker, and fo fent them home 

 fatisfied. — Since that time they have always been 

 inviolably attached to the French^ and furniftk 

 ffew Orleans with game. 



My third letter will prove more interefting ; 

 however, I hope I have hitherto fulfilled my 

 promifcs 5 and am, 



S I R, &€• 



New Orleans^ the ifi 

 of July 1751, 



LET 



