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LET T E R XXXIIL 



Defcription of Biloxl. Of the Plant Cajji- 

 na or Apa-Cachina. Of Myrtle-wax, of 

 the Mobile. Of the Tcha5las, of the Bay 

 of St. Bernard. Voyage from Biloxi to 

 New Orleans, by the Way of hake Pont- 

 char train. 



From on hoard the Adour, April 5, 1722. 

 Madam, 



ON the 26th, after clofing my letter, I went 

 on board and we got under fail ; but after 

 making a turn to the fouthward, the wind turning 

 contrary, we were obliged to come to anchor a- 

 gain, where we remained the two following days. 

 On the 29th, we weighed early in the morning; 

 but there was fo little wind and the fea ran fo 

 high, that we got no farther than fourteen leagues, 

 which was not above half the diftance we intended. 

 On the 30th, the wind was neither more favour- 

 able 



