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LETTER XXXV. 



Voyage from Biloxi to Cape Frangois in St. Do- 

 \ mingo. 



Cape Frangois \ September 6", 1722,' 



Madam^ 



I Did not venture to tell you in my laft letter 

 what I had informed you of in my former, 

 that you mould hear no more from me, till I mould 

 arrive at Cape Francois, for fear I mould not be 

 able to keep my word, and indeed my apprehen- 

 fions were very near being juftified by the event. 

 I am, however, at laft arrived at this fo long de- 

 li red harbour, having entered it at a time when we 

 had almoft loft all hopes of ever feeing it. But 

 before I enlarge upon the adventures of this voyage, 

 I muft refume the courfe of my journal. 



The firft news we learned upon our arrival at 

 Biloxi was, that a peace was concluded with Spain, 

 and a durable alliance agreed on betwixt the two 

 crowns. One article of the peace was, the refti- 

 tution of Penfacola, the news of which was brought 

 to Louifiana by Dom. Alexander Walcop, an Irifh- 



rnan, 



