2IO TRAVELS THRouon 



We fet fail from the Balife on the firft of April 

 1757, for Cape Frafifois. On the 20th. pf April 

 being in fight of Turk's ifland *, we per- 

 ceived a fhip, which we fuppofed to belong to 

 the enemy •, fhe chafed us at night, and be- 

 ing a prime failer, came up .with us in three 

 hours' time : the Englifli privateer faluted us 

 with a bullet from his cannon, and called out to 

 us to furrender to the king of England 5 to 

 which we returned a broadfide, and a volley of 

 the fmall arms -, after whi(^h I haled him to 

 flrike his colours for the king of France, or 

 clfc he fhould be funk -, the privateer finding 

 that he had to meddle with a dealer in bullets, 

 made off, and got among the rocks near 

 Turk's ifland, hoping to draw us nearer to the 

 Ihore, where we might have been loft. But our 

 captain, who was very prudent, and a good ma- 

 riner at the fame time, faw the fnare which was 

 laid for him ; therefore, inftead of following the 

 privateer, he continued his voyage, and we hap- 

 pily arrived in the harbour of Cape Franfois on 

 the firft of May. There we found the fquadron 

 of M. de Beaufremont^ deftined for the fuccours of 

 Canada^ having on board M. de Bart^ whom the 

 king had appointed governor and lieutenant-ge- 

 neral 



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