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wrote to me that he had with forrow heard of 

 the lofs of my boat, and that notwithftanding 

 it was not the king's cuflom to re-imburfe fuch 

 expences, yet he would repair this lofs with plea- 

 fure for my relief: that I Ihould make an exa6t 

 account of all I had loft, and join to it a certifi- 

 cate from M. de Macarty^ the commander of the 

 convoy : this was, he faid, an indifpenfable ne- 

 cefTity, that this article may at leaft have feme 

 appearance, and thus be entered in the accounts ; 

 he promifed that as foon as he Ihould have this 

 paper, he would fettle what I was to receive. 

 The Marquis de Faudreidl had recommended me 

 at his departure to his fucceffor M. de Kerlerec, 

 who has not paid any attention to his recom- 

 mendation ; his qualities are quite the reverfe of 

 thofe of his predecefTor ; but this new governor 

 alledges, that he is not come fo far, merely for 

 the fake of changing the air. He kept me at 

 New Orleans^ and only allowed me to rejoin my 

 garrifon in 1754, with the convoy which M. de- 

 Faverot commanded. I could not find any 

 room to embark my provifions for the voyage, 

 on account of the number of goods every one 

 was allowed to take as a venture, and which 

 filled the king's boats: I made myjuftrepre- 

 fentations on this fubjedb to M. de Kerlerec, who 

 made me fuffer all kinds of difagreeable circum- 



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