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ing would haye any effc€t on the prejudiced 

 and inflamed mmd of Chamargou, Kcr- 

 cadio applied to an inteUigent counfellor, 

 who, through a very fmgular accident^ had 

 embarked in his veflel, and earneftly beg- 

 ged him, as Ma friend, to employ his 

 abiliues, in endeavouring to convince the 

 governor what were his real inter efts, 

 and thofe of the colony entrufted to hia 

 care. 



If the counfeiior fucceeded in this diffi- 

 cult enterprize, he was lefa indebted for the 

 accompliftiment of his wifhes, to his elo- 

 quence, than to the honour of being known 

 to and prote£ted by the marfhal de la Meil- 

 leraye. As foon as he informed Chamar- 

 gou that he fhould be indifpenfably obliged 

 to give an account to the marfhal of the 

 caufe of the misforrunes^ and perhaps of the 

 entire lofs of Fort Dauphin, the governor, 

 who had been hitherto fo hanghty and in- 



trail able J 



