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The heats were very troublefome at Biloxi, from 

 the middle of March; and, I imagine, when once 

 the fun has taken effecl: upon the fand, the heat 

 will become exceffive. It is indeed faid, that were 

 it not for the breeze which fprings up pretty re- 

 gularly between nine and ten every morning, and 

 continues till fun-fet, it would not be poflible to 

 live here. The mouth of the Mifliffippi lies in 

 twenty nine degrees of latitude, and the coaft of 

 Biloxi in thirty. In the month of February, we 

 had fome piercing cold weather, when the wind 

 was at north and north -weft, but it did notlaft: they 

 were fometimes followed by pretty fharp heats, accom- 

 panied with ftorms and thunder, fo that in the morn- 

 ing we had winter, in the afternoon fummer, with 

 fome fmall intervals of fpring and harveft betwixt the 

 two. The breeze blows commonly from the eaft: 

 when it comes from the fouth, it is only a reflected 

 wind, and not near fo refrefhing ; but it is ftill a 

 wind, and when that is entirely wanting, there is 

 hardly any fuch thing as breathing. 



On the 24th of March, I fet out from Biloxi, 

 where I had been ftopt above a month, by being 

 taken ill of the jaundice, and took the route of 

 New Orleans, where I was to embark in a veffel 

 belonging to the company, called the Adour. I 

 made this voyage in a pirogue and never made a 

 more difagreeable one. The weft wind, which in 

 three hours time had carried me five leagues from 

 Biloxi, gave place to a fouth wind fo very vio- 

 lent, that I was obliged to halt. I had fcarce 

 time to fet up my tent, when a dreadful fhower 

 of rain, accompanied with thunder, laid us all un- 

 der water, 



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