94 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



The difu grandiflora, one of the fined plants of 

 1h< family of the orchis, adorned the banks of the 

 lmall rivulets which flowed in thefe elevated 

 regions. 



This excurfion was the more agreeable, as I 

 had with me M. MafTon, whofe travels have 

 added confiderably to botanical fcience. 



The following days were employed in making 

 frefh fcarches in the fpots which I had already 

 vifitcd : their vegetation is fo diverfified, that I 

 always found new riches. 



An Englifh frigate, which had arrived from 

 Tcllichery, anchored for five days in Table Bay; 

 flie was going to England, with an account of 

 an engagement that had been fought between 

 the French frigate la Rcfolue, Captain Cala- 

 man, carrying twelve pounders, and the Englifh 

 frigate Phoenix, carrying eighteens. The Captain 

 of the Englifh. frigate had wifhed to examine 

 fomc French fhips under convoy of our frigate. 



The Englifh, according to their cuftom, at- 

 tempted to fpread unfavourable reports refpccl- 

 the conduct of Captain Calaman, who, 

 by the details which we received from the 

 Iflc of , had, in this affair, conducted 



l'' ri ith equal firmnefs and greatnefs of 



-mmandcr of the Phoenix frigate 

 avc filenccd thefe rumours, by pro- 

 mi:' the fa&s ; but it appears that he had 



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