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we .were very near, and we had obferved the fame 

 thing for fome days paft. 



The twenty- firfl, we fet out in a very thick fog, 

 which being foon difperfed, we perceived the ba- 

 lifes or fea marks, which the Spaniards direcled us 

 to follow. We did this by fleering north, and 

 we faw that had it not been for this affiftance, it 

 would have been impoflibie for us to have (hunned 

 the land-banks, with which this whole coaft is co- 

 vered, and which are full of oifters. About ten 

 o'clock we perceived a fmall ftone-fort, of a fquare 

 form, with regular baftions ; we immediately hung 

 out the white-flag, and immediately after were told 

 in French to proceed no farther. 



We ftopt, and immediately difcovered a pi- 

 rogue coming out to us, in which were three people. 

 One of them was a native of Bayonne ; he had 

 been a gunner in Louifiana, and had the fame 

 employment at St. Mark. After the common 

 queftions, the gunner was of opinion, that the cap- 

 tain of the Adour and I only mould go to fpeak 

 with the governor : we went, and were very well 

 received. This governor was a fimple lieutenant, 

 but a man of good fenfe ; he made no difficulty of 

 letting us bring our boat oppofite to the fort ; in- 

 vited our officers and the principal paffengers to 

 dinner ; but not till he had firft examined our 

 boat, and had tranfported into his magazine our 

 arms and ammunition, on his parole to deliver 

 them when we fhould want to depaft. 



This poft, which Monf. Delille has marked in 

 his map under the name of Ste. Marie d' Apalachc* 

 was never known by any other but that of St. 

 Mark. The Spaniards formerly had a very con- 



fiderable 



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