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fmail moiety of Ammunition. Befides, the Fort 

 was commanded by a Mountain, from whence he 

 might be galTd with Stones flung out of Slings; and 

 "Was to be fear'd,the Englifo would poflefs themfelves 

 of that high Ground. I march cl with fixty of the 

 Seamen belonging to the Fifliermen, to prevent their 

 Landing, in cafe they attempted to make a Defcent 

 at a certain place calFd la Fontaine ; and I compafs'd 

 my end without firing a Gun. In effe&, fix or fe- 

 ven hundred Englijl) put in to the Land in twenty 

 Sloops, with adelign to have landed at that place ; 

 upon which my vigorous Cantabriam being full of 

 fire and forwardness, appear'd too foon upon the 

 Jlioar, in fpite of my Teeth, and by that means ob- 

 liged the Englijh to take another courfe,and row with 

 all their might to the back of a little Cape, where 

 they threw in a Barrel of Pitch and Tar that burnt 

 two arpents of Thickets. The i8tb about Noon 3 per- 

 ceiving that a little Sloop put off from the Admiral 

 with a white Flag on its Prow, and made towards 

 the Fort, I run in thither immediately. The Go- 

 vernour had took care to fend out one of his own 

 Sloops with the fame Flag, to meet the other, and 

 was furpris'd when fhe returned with two Englijh Of- 

 ficers on board. Thefe Officers gave the Governour 

 to underftand, that the Admiral defir'd he would 

 fend an Officer on board of him, which war done 

 accordingly ; for Mr. de Ccfte-bette and I, went on 

 board of the Admiral, who received us with all Ref- 

 ped and Civility, and regard us with Sweet-meats, 

 and feveral forts of Wines, with which we drank 

 the Healths of the Admirals of France, and England* 

 He fnew'd us his whole Ship, to the very Carriages 

 of the Guns, and then gave the Sieur de Coftebelle to 

 know, that 'twould be a great trouble to him to be 

 obliged to take Tlacentia by the force of Arms, in re- 

 gard that hefbrefaw, fuch an Enterprife would prove, 

 fatal to the Governour^ to the Ganifon, and all tha 



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