ai8 TRAVELS t^ rough. 



I was on board the King's frigate La Fortuniy 

 together with M. de Rochemore^ commiiTary-ge- 

 neralof the marine,. and ordonnaUur of the pro- 

 vince of Louifiana. M. de Place^ a captain of a 

 man of war, commanded the Eopalme frigate of 

 thirty guns^ deftined for our convoy : we met 

 with three Englifh vefTels on our voyage, which 

 only coil us three cannon-fhot. M. de Place 

 funk one of them, and burnt the other, after 

 taking the crew and the goods out of them. As 

 to the third, it came from the coaft of Guinea^ 

 was richly laden, and had on board four hun- 

 dred and forty negroes, who were in part fold 

 to the ifle of Grenada. The Baron de Eonvoaftj 

 who has jufl been appointed governor of diis 

 ifland, entertained us very generoufly and po- 

 litely during our flay there. We remained 

 there till the twenty-fecond of July, when we 

 {ailed for Lomfiana^ keeping alongfide of 3^/z«feri- 

 ctt', to avoid the great fhips of the enemy, which 

 never come to thofe fhores : we jbook that courfc 

 in order to deceive the fpy, and we arrived hap- 

 pily at the mquth of the Mijfifippi on the twelfth 

 of Augufl. 



M. de Rochemore *, an honed ordomateur^ who 

 is very zealous for the interefl of the King, will 



have 



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♦ TJie brother of a M. Rochmore who is now commodore. 



