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was obliged to leave them behind, becaufe, 

 not being able to find anchorage, the cur- 

 rents, which carried his vcffel rapidly to- 

 wards the weft, drove her a great way to 

 the leeward, M. Moreau told me, that 

 fix leagues to the foiith of thefe iflands he 

 fell in with a fand bank, where tKere was a 

 good bottom, and that he made every effort 

 in his power, though in vain, to rejoin his 

 canoe. I am perfuaded that the reader will 

 perufe with fatisfadtion the relation which 

 M. Riviere, the officer who commanded the 

 canoe, has given of the Adu ifles, and of the 

 misfortunes which he and his companions 

 experienced. 



The crew of the canoe confifted of three 

 white men and five Lafcars* M. Riviere 

 rowed round thefe iflands, without being 

 able to find any place where he coufd eafily 

 land* Having loft fight of the vefiel for 

 feveral days, he, however, rcfotved to at- 

 tempt 



