278 TRAVELS THROUGH 





LETTER XVII, 



■r<9 the fame. 



''The Author leaves the Allibamons. His Naviga- 

 tion in the River of Tombekbe. How he ef- 

 capes the voraciozifnefs of an Alligator, He meets 

 "jjith a Party of revolted Chaftaws, a7id brinigs 

 the'tii to their Duty again. He returns to 

 Mobile. 



SIR, 



?C)^>K:?55 N S T E a D of an anfwer to the letter 

 ?5 I ^ vvhich I had wrote to the governor, I 

 H'y^^<^^ received an order at the Allibamons to 

 <: o to Mobile, and ferve there under the orders 

 of M. de Velle^ the king's lieutenant in that 

 place j thus in ftead of going to France as I had 

 toy you, I have got orders to command a con- 

 voy <>f provifions and ammunition to the fort 



Torm 



