178 TRAVELS THROUGH 





LETTER IX. 



To the fame, 



"The Author fets outs from the Koakiasfor Fort Char- 

 tres. His Obfervations on the Population, Ac- 

 count of a Caravan of Elephants arrived in the 

 Neighbourhood of the Ohio, 



S I R, 



K^^"^Ccording to all appearances, this is the 

 ^ A ^ lall letter I fhall write to you from the 

 ^^^J^ ////«^/j ; I prepare to fet out by order 

 of the phyficians, who have judged it neceflary 

 that I fhould return to France, to ufe the baths 

 of Bourbon^ in order to prevent the bad confe- 

 quences of a Ihot I received, many years ago, at 

 the aflault of Chateau Dauphin *. 



Yefler- 



* This is a fort in Piedmont, at the top of a mountain of 



the 



