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our's but for this End, and to hinder our Neighbours from gro.w-. 

 >ng too powerful ; but if they do not begin by cultivating tlie 

 liandsj Commerce, after having enriched feme private Perfons^, 

 will foon drop, and the Colony will not be eftaLliflied. The 

 Neighbourhood of the Spaniards may have its Ufe, bi^t let us 

 leave it to them to approach us as much as they will, we are 

 not in a Condition, and we have no Need, to extend ourfelves 

 farther. They are peaceable enough in this Country, and they 

 will never be ftrong enough to give us any Uneafinefs. It is 

 not even their Interell to drive us out of this Country ; and if 

 they do not comprehend it yet, they v/ill without Doubt foon 

 be fenlible that they cannot have a better Barrier againfi: the 

 Englijh than Louijiana, 



The Heat was already very troublefome at the Biloxi in the 

 97? Climate of ^^^^^^^^ Marché and I judge that when the 

 , once heated the Sand on which we 



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fay indeed that without the Breeze, which rifes pretty regularly 

 every Day between nine and ten in the Morning, and continues 

 till Sun~fet, it would be impolTible to live here. The Mouth of 

 the MiJJtJp'ppi is in 29^ Latitude, and the Coaft of the Biloxi is in 

 thirty. We had here in the Month of Fehruary fome cold Wea- 

 ther, v/hen the Wind blew from the North and North Well, 

 but it did not laft long ; and it v/as even followed by great 

 Heats, Vv'ith Thunder and Lightening, and Storms ; fo that in the 

 Morning we were in Winter, and in the Afternoon in Summer, 

 with fome fm all Intervals of Spring and Autumn between both. 

 The Breeze com.es generally from the Eafl : When it comes 

 from the South, it is only a refleéled Wind, which is much lefs 

 refrefhing ; but it is iUll a Wind, and when it fails entirely 

 there is no breathing. 



The 24th of March I departed from Ûïç, Biloxi^ where I had been 

 ^ - ilopt by a jaundice, which held me above 



^ Departure fro7n ^ Month, and I returned to AW Orleans, " 

 the piloxi. where I was to embark in a Pink belonging 



to the Company, named the Adcm\ I made this Voyage in a 

 Pettiaugre, and I never yet made one more difagreeable. Five 

 Leagues from the Bikxi, the Well Wind, which in three Hours 

 brought nie there, gave Place to a South Wind fo violent, that 

 I was obliged to flop. I had fcarce Time to fet up my Tent, 

 before we were overflowed with a Deluge of Rain, accompanied 

 with Thunder. 



Two little VelTels that fet out with me, were willing to take 

 Advantage of the Wind, which carried them a great Way in a 

 few Hours, and I was very forry that I could not do the fame, 

 but I foon heard that their Fate deferved rather Pity than 

 o Envy : 



