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from the Ea^annahy and for this Reafon he had refufed fome to 

 the Oilicers of Biloxi ; but our NecelTity had touched him ex- 

 tremely. 



We departed the 30th with the two Boats, and the Fort faluted 

 us with five Guns. We made feven Leagues 



Departure from ^.^^t Day, and we anchored at the Entrance 

 St. Joieph. ^£ ^ River, which comes out of a Bay open 



to the South Eaft. At Eleven at Night, the Windcoming fair, we 

 took Advantage of it, and we fteered Well North Wefc, All the 

 Coafl was upon the famePointof the Compafs for twenty Leagues-, 

 quite tothe Ifland of ^t, Rofe\ and we do not find a fingle Place 

 to get Shelter from a Gull of Wind that Ihouid come from the 

 open Sea. 



The 3 ill, at Four in the Afternoon, we had made twenty 

 Leagues, and we anchored behind an Ifland which fhuts up the 

 great Bay of ^t, jRo/^, the Entrance of which is dangerous when 

 the Sea runs high. Had we been a Moment later, we fliould 

 have been greatly embarrafTed, for the Wind turned all at once 

 from the North Eaft to the South Weft ; and the Waves ran f<s 

 high the fame Inftant, that it would have been im.poffible for us 

 to have paiTed. 



The i^ oî Jîiney about Two or Three in the Morning, the 

 ^, , ; Tide beginning to flow, we re-embarked; 

 Channel and having gone a fmall League, we entered 



Ijland of St.^o(^. into the Channel of Su which is four- 



teen Leagues long. It is formed by the Ifland of St. Rofe^ 

 . which has this Length, but is very narrow ; which appears all 

 covered with Sand, and which neverthelefs is not ill wooded. 

 The Continent is very high, and bears Trees of all Kinds. 

 The Soil is almoftas fandy as at St. Mark ; but if they dig ever 



fo little, they find Water. The Wood here is very 



hard, but fubjed to rot foon. All this Coall fwarms with wild 

 Fowl, and the Sea with Fiih. This Channel is narrow at its 

 Entrance ; afterwards it widens, and continues the Breadth of 

 half a League to the Bay of Fenfacole, The Current is flrong 

 here, and was in our Favour. 



About Eleven o' Clock we doubled the Point aux Chevreuils ^. 

 (of Roe-Bucks) ; at the Turn of which the Bay begins. We 

 turn to the North, then to the North Eaft. The Fort is a fmall 

 League farther, and we difcover it from the Point aux Che^vreuils.. 

 We arrived there at Noon, and were foprifed to fee it in flich a 

 bad State. It appears plain that they do not expeélto continue in 

 it. The Sieur Carpeau de Mcntigniy who commands here, was gone 

 to Biloxiy and we found here only fome Soldiers. The Spa^ 

 nijh Fort, which was taken two Years ago by the Count de Champ- 

 meliriy v/as behind, and there rem.ains nothing in it but a very fine 

 Ciflern ; the building of w^hich coft, as they fay, fourteen thou- 



9 f^nd 



