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that he wanted to keep me with him, in order to 

 profit of my efcort for his defence. I made him a 

 great many acknowledgments for his care and good 

 intentions towards me, and arlured him that I was 

 very well fatisfied with the French, two of whom I 

 mould leave with him for his defence, and that the 

 other two mould accompany me till I mould be 

 In a place of fafety, and that with this reinforcement 

 I believed I was in a condition to travel over alt 

 the country without fear of any thing. He infifted 

 no farther, and I retired. 



This morning he came to pay me a fecond vifit, 

 attended by his mother-in- lav/, who carried a little 

 infant in her arms. " You fee before you, faid he, ad- 

 *' dreffing himfelf to me, a father in great affliction. 

 " Behold my daughter who is a-dying, her mother 

 <c having already loft her life in bringing her into 

 *'* the world, and none of our women have been 

 ce able to fucceed in making her take any nourifh- 

 14 ment. She throws up every thing (he fwallows, 

 u and has perhaps but a few hours to live : you 

 " will do me a great favour if you will baptize her, 

 " that fhe may lee God after her death." The 

 child was indeed very ill, and appeared to be paft 

 all hope3 of recovery, fo that without any hefitation 

 I performed the ceremony of baptifm on her. 



Should my voyage in every other refpecl be entire* 

 ly fruitlefs, 1 own to you, Madam, I mould not 

 regret all the danger and fatigue I have undergone, 

 fince, in all probability, had 1 not been at Pimi- 

 teouy, this child would never have entered into the 

 kingdom of heaven, where I make no doubt but it 

 will foon be. I even hope this little angel will ob- 

 tain for her father the fauie grace which he has pro- 

 cured 



