148 EOELOF DIODATI. [1693. 



where he Eesides, bears the Name of Frederic Jlcnrij,'^ and 

 lies on the South-East of the Island, about 28 Leagues from 

 where we were. His name was Eodolfc Diodaii," and he was 

 born at Geneva. Whilst our Deputies were going in search 



ing till 1753, when they were entirely demolished by the French, 

 and but little remains at Pointe de la Colonie of the New Mahebourg 

 of de Caen, whilst only the site of the Dutch fort can be pointed out 

 east of Bestel Cove. The bay retained the name of Grand Port or 

 Port Bourbon. (See Pike's Subtropical Ramlk-'f, op. cit., p. 324, and 

 AiDpendix.) 



1 The year 1639 seems to have been the date of the first pioneer 

 establishment by the Dutch in Mauritius under Commandeur Pieter de 

 Goyer. It was abandoned by Adrian van der Stcl in 1G50, re-esta- 

 blished by ISIaximilaan de Jong from 1650 to 1654, and again relinquished 

 for five years, when Adriaan Nieviland formed a permanent settlement 

 in the Zuyd Ooster Haven (where fort Frederik Ilenrik was built), in 

 the Noort Wester Haven, and at the Swarte Rivier. (T7(/e Valentyn, 

 /. c, pp. 150-156.) 



2 In orig. : " Rudolphe Diodati, & est de Geneve." Leguat's editor, 

 however, corrects this statement of Leguat in the Fautes a corriyer at 

 the end of the volume, where he directs "Effacez & est de Geneve"; 

 and, moreover, at p. 61 of French version (vide infra)., where Leguat 

 writes, " Je ne pouvois pas meme soufrir qu'il portjlt le beau nom de 

 Diodati ; & qu'il se dit Enfant de Geneve", his editor has inserted : 

 (" D'autres assuroient qu'il etoit ne h Dort"). 



He appears to have been the son of Philippe Diodati, who was 

 educated and brought up in Geneva, at the school of his illus- 

 trious father, Jean Diodati, the famous Genevan theologist, and the 

 translator of the Bible into Italian (1630). Philippe Diodati migrated 

 to Holland and was installed in 1651 as pastor of the Walloon church 

 at Ley den. Philij^pe married Ehzabeth, daughter of Sebastien Francken, 

 echevin. of Dordrecht, and had four sons, the second of whom, Jacques, 

 was inspector of arms for the King of England (William) in Holland ; 

 the third and fourth sons were twins, viz., Rodolphe (or Roelof) and 

 Jean, born at Ley den, 28th July 1658. They went to school at Dordrecht, 

 and entered the service of the Dutch Company, Jean proceeded to 

 Batavia, and died at Surat in 1711. Rodolphe became Onderkoopman 

 and then Oj^perhoofd at Mauritius in 1692 to 1703. (See T7e de Jean 

 Diodati, by De Bude, 1869. Zaaken van liet Eyland Mauritius, by Francois 

 Valentyn, 1726.) 



Diodati was succeeded by Abraham Mommer Van de Velde, 1705 to 

 1710, at which latter date Mauritius was finally evacuated by the 

 Dutch Company. 



