328 TRAVELS through 



abfence; he begged this oiHcer to give him peo- 

 ple, in order to go out in feaich of his fhip, 

 .which could only be loft on the coaft of the Cats 

 J/land. 



M. de Belle-IJle gave the Sieur St. Criq an in- 

 telligent ferjeant and ten foldiers, to navigate 

 his fliip ; at the fame time he wrote to the Sieur 



C ; " That if this (hip were loft near his 



^' ftation, he fliould immediately place a guard 

 ^' on her, and forbid, under pain of death, that 

 "-^ nothing fliould be unloaded out of her, with- 

 '' out the confent of the Sieur St. Criq^ the pro- 

 '' prietor ; and laftly, that he fliould not fail 

 *« to conform to the orders of the King's marine, 

 <' fpecified under the title Shipwreck.,'' &c. Un- 

 happily for the Sieur 6*^". Criq the advice of M. de 



Belle- Jfic came too late ^ the Sieur de C had 



already taken care to have the cargo of the fliip 

 unloaded by the foldiers and inhabitants, v/ho 

 hid it in the neighbouring fands ♦, they took all 

 the neceffary precautions to cover this tricL 

 The Sieur St. Criq arrived at the Cats IJle., put 

 the major's letter into the commander's hands, 

 and then went into his fliip with his people in or- 

 der to fearch her ; but perceiving that he had 

 forgotten his pocket-book, in which he had the 

 b,ill of lading, he left her immediately, and 



went 



