3txU INTRODUCTION, 



magazines* In Ihort, every' thing ufeful 

 that ftlll exifts there is the work of that 

 truly great man. La Bourdonnais had a 

 very extenfive knowledge of thofe mechanic 

 arts which are moft common and moft ne- 

 cefTary for our wants. Often was he feen 

 by the break of day, at the head of his 

 labourers J driving a wheel- barrow, or han- 

 dling the trowel and the compafs, merely 

 %vith a view to excite and keep up a fpirit 

 of emulation. After the example which he 

 himfelf gave^ it was hardly poilibie for any 

 one not to concur, as far as he was able, in 

 promoting the public advantage. What- 

 ever » therefore^ he planned or undertook 

 for the benefit of the colony, during the 

 twelve years of his adminiftration, was 

 always attended with fpeedy and complete 

 fuccefs. 



It was this governor alfo who made 

 choice of the port to the north-weft* A 



man 



