xl INTRODUCTION. 



the difafter which had befallen the Ifle of 

 ?rancc, brought it fupplies in abundance, 

 and thefe fupplies faved the colony; for 

 they arrived foon after the fecond hurri- 

 cane, the new ravages of which had de- 

 prelTed the courage and hopes of tlie unfor- 

 tunate inhabitants. The damage which 

 the fhips fuftained in the harbour by the 

 violence of the waves and the impetuofity 

 of the wind, in the fecond hurricane, was 

 much inferior to what they had fuftained 

 by the firft. The variation of the baro- 

 meter informed them of their danger^ and 

 they each ufed the utniofl expedition to 

 provide for their lafety ** 



Had 



* Thcfe iflands fecm to be much cxpofed to thefc 

 dcftru£livc fcourgcs. The hurricane which happened 

 at the Ifle of France, on the mght between the pth and 

 iDth of April, 1 77 3 J was attended with ih^ nioft difi 

 mal cJFefts. Tlie ftorm,'' fays Mr. Brunei, from 



whofe 



