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eougatnville's memorial. 



Jan. 1827. 



and a copy of a document that had previously been deposited 

 there by M. de Bougainville. With these papers was found 

 a Spanish two-rial piece of Carlos III,, which had been bent 

 to admit of its being put into the bottle. It was with consi- 

 derable difficulty that any of the writing could be decyphered, 

 for the papers, having been doubled up, were torn, and the 

 words defaced at the foldings, and edges. 



Bougainville's memorial was in Latin. Cordova^ besides 

 a document in Latin, was accompanied by an account of his 

 voyage, written in four languages, Spanish, French, Italian, 

 and English. The legible part of the former was as follows : — - 



Viatori Benevolo salus 



que a periculose admodum naviga 



Brasilie Bonarve et insularum t. 



incertis freti Mag-ellaiiici portubu.s .... 



bistoria astronomia .... 



.... Boug-. . . . , 



.... Boug . . . .Duclos et de la Giranda 2 navium . . 

 Primaris 



.... Comerson . . . .Doct med naturalista Regio 



accu m. Veron astronomo de Romainville hidrograpbio 



a rege Christianissimo demandans 



Landais Lavan Fontaine navium 



Loco tenentibus et V^exillariis 



itineris locus DD Dervi Lemoyne , — 



Riouff'e voluntariis. 



vives scriba 



Anno MDCCLXVI. 



The Latin inscription of Cordova was as follows : — 



Benevolo Navigatori 

 Salutem 



Anno Domini MDCCLXXXVIII Vir celeberrimus 



DT> Antonius de Cordova Laso de Vega navibus duabus {quarum 



nomina SS Casilda et Eulalia era?2if 6•m(5tome?^ Magellanici 



freti subsequendum undque littorum, portuum aliorumque notabilium 



iter iterum fecit, 



. . . - e Gadibus classis tertio nonas Octobris habenas immitiii 

 <\VL-dxio iAms ejtisdem Nova vidit 



