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fand Pieces of Eight. They have been both built in an Ifland 

 which joins almoft to the main Land, which is not thirty Yards 

 long, and the Soil of which does not appear to be extraordinary. 

 The Bay of Penfacole would be a pretty good Port, if the 

 r» r -J..' ^ Worms did not deilroy the Ships, and if its 

 D^mption of E^^rance had a little more Water ; but the 

 Hercules, which carried M. Cha7npmelin,. ran 

 a-ground here. This Entrance is direélly between the Weft End 

 of the Ifland St. Rofe, where the Spaniards had alfo built a little 

 Fort, and a Bank of Sand. It is fo narrow, that only one Ship 

 canpafs at a Time : Its Opening is North and South. On the 

 other Side of the Sand Bank there is another Pafs, where there 

 is Water only for Barks, and which is open to the South Weft. 

 It is alfo very narrow. The Moorings for Ships, in the Bay of 

 Penfacoky is along the Ifland St, Rofe^ where the Anchorage is 

 fafe. 



We departed from Penfacole at Midnight, and about Four in 

 Arrival at Bi« Morning we left Rio de los Perdidos on the 

 j^^j * Right. This River was fo called, becaufe a 



Spa?iijh Ship was wrecked here,- and all the 



Crew loft. Dauphin If. and is five Leagues farther on the 



Left, and is five Leagues long, but very narrow. There is at 

 leaft one half of this Ifland without a Tree upon it, and the reft 

 is not much better. The Fort, and the only Habitation that re- 

 mains here, are in the Weft Part. Between this Ifland and the 

 Ifle a Come, which is a League diftant, there is little Water, At . 

 the End of this, there is another very fmall Ifland, which they 

 call the Round Ifland, on Account of its Shape. We paflTed the 

 Night here. 



Over-againft the Bay of the Pafcagoulasy where Madam de Chan- 

 mont has a Grant, which is not likely to pay her Expences foon, 

 a River of the fame Name, and which comes from the North, 

 runs into this Bay. The next Day, about Ten o'Clock, one of 

 our Seamen died of a Quinfey. This is the only Man we loft 

 in our painful and dangerous Expedition. An Hour after, v/e 

 anchored at Biloxiy where they were ftrangely furprifed to fee 

 us. Iwent immediately to fay Mafs, to return Thanks to God for 

 having fupported us in the midft of fo many Fatigues, and for 

 delivering us from fo many Dangers. 



Tam, Sec, 



LETTER 



