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T R A V E L S 



THROUGH 



LOUISIANA. 



LETTER I. 



To the Marc^jis de TEstrade. 



^he yfiahor's Departure for America -, Befcription 

 ef the 'Town d?/Cape Francois ; Cruelties of the 

 Spaniards' towards the Natives of the IJle of St. 

 Dor/lingo ; working of the Mines ; true Origin of 

 the Mai de Naples. 



,^'fe^'^HEN I had the honour of tak- 

 ^^^^^^1^ ing my leave of you, I was or- 

 ^\t 1^^ dered to communicate to you 

 ^^c^"^-^ every particular that fnould ap- 

 pear remarkable to me in this new world j 

 you farther defired of me an account of all 

 interefling fubjedls which might happen on 

 Vol. I. B the 



