70 BOUGAINVILLE’S MEMORIAL. Jan. 1827 
and a copy of a document that had previously been deposited 
there by M. de Bougainville. With these papers was found 
a Spanish two-rial piece of Carlos III., which had been bent 
to admit of its being put into the bottle. It was with consi- 
derable difficulty that any of the writing could be decyphered, 
for the papers, having been doubled up, were torn, and the 
words defaced at the foldings, and edges. 
Bougainville’s memorial was in Latin. Cordova’s, besides 
a document in Latin, was accompanied by an account of his 
voyage, written in four languages, Spanish, French, Italian, 
and English. The legible part of the former was as follows :— 
Viatori Benevolo salus........ 
seeeeees Que a periculose admodum naviga....-- 
epetalel aterare Brasilie Bonarve et insularum......--.- 
Boleelisia ateleis incertis freti Magellanici portubus.. .. 
Sean soon sera ace Sas historia astronomia....- 
e+ Boug.. 2-2-0 cc cc cece cece cece ccecne once 
--.- Boug ....Duclos et de la Giranda 2 navium.- 
ole ee ee EPMArTS 
-... Comerson....Doct med naturalista Regio 
accu....m, Veron astronomo de Romainville hidrographio 
BIMAG AN Aone a rege Christianissimo demandans 
ajereaahelaiats Landais Lavan Fontaine navium 
Loco tenentibus et Vexillariis........ 
Sector itineris locus DD Dervi Lemoyne.... 
oteahveehaerne ae Riouffe voluntariis. 
2 Se MVLVES mate sp ele aa seriba 
Anno MDCCLXVI. 
The Latin inscription of Cordova was as follows :— 
Benevolo Navigatori 
Salutem 
Anno Domini MDCCLXXXVIII _ Vir celeberrimus 
DD Antonius de Cordova Laso de Vega navibus duabus (quarum 
nomina SS Casilda et Eulalia evant ad scrutamen Magellanici 
freti subsequendum wndgue littorum, portuum aliorumque notabilium 
afsiiurs( e}ataicta'srateta’es ¢ e...- iter iterum fecit. 
- e Gadibus classis tertio nonas Octobris habenas immittit 
quarto idus ejusdem Nova ....++ vidit 
