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propos'd to Vallcan to go to the said Ship, which yet 

 appear'd above Water, and see if they cou'd save any of the 

 Merchandize ; that Vallcan consented, and the two Captains 

 with their respective Crews, took Oaths reciprocally to keep 

 the Secret.^ Vallcau, wlio was ohlig'd to give an account of 

 his Actions to the Governor of Isle Maurice, then the Sieur 

 Lamocius^ thought to conceal his Designs by telling him 

 the eight Adventurers lie had left at Rodrigo, being like to 

 stand in need of Necessaries, he could not but esteem it the 

 greatest Charity to send them some gpeedy Relief; and at 

 the same time gave in a List of such things as he believ'd we 

 wanted. This weigh'd very much with the Governor, to 

 whom we had been earnestly recommended by the Governor 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, and thereupon the former imme- 

 diately order'd our small VesseP to be laden with Deer, 

 Calves, Goats, Hogs, Turkeys, Ducks, Poultry, Citron-Trees, 



1 In orig. : "qui appareinment ijaroitroit encore, dans I'esperauce de 

 s'enrichir, de plusieurs bonnes marchandises qu'ils en pourroient tirer : 

 que Valleau topa, & qu'ils firent un pieux serinent, les deux Capitaines 

 & leur equipage, de tenir leur vol bien secret." 



2 The Sieur La Mocius, or Lamotius, was the fifth Governor 

 appointed to Mauritius after its resettlement by the Dutch. He suc- 

 ceeded Hubert Hugo, and was predecessor of Diodati. 



Hubert Hugo, Commandeur of Mauritius, left the island in 1677. 

 "His place as Governor (Opperhoofd) was then taken by the (Onder- 

 koopman) Lieutenant-Governor Isaac Johannes Lamotius. The latter 

 was stationed here for fifteen years, till the year 1692. He traversed 

 the island in all directions. Once he undertook a journey of twenty-one 

 days to see how large it was in circumference. He marched daily three, 

 four, five, or six miles along the coast, cutting off a coi-ner here and 

 there, and computed the circumference to be sixty miles. He left for 

 Batavia on the 12th February 1693 by the (fluit) ship Du'if.''' 



"His (Lamotius') place as Governor was taken, in 1692, by Herr 

 Roelof Diodati, Onderkoopman. 



"The latter remained here till the end of 1703, when he left for 

 Batavia, where his wife died on the 6th March 17U1 ; but his Excellency 

 became Governor in Japan and held this post till 1721 (in which year 

 it seems to me he must have died)." (Valentyn, Beschnjvinge van 

 de Kaap dcr Goede Hvope. — Zaaktn van htt eykaid MauriliuK, p. 165.) 



3 In orig. : "notre Hirondelle."' 



