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A VOYAGE TO 
[At Mauritius . 
1S04. 
April. 
CHAPTER V. 
Prisoners in the Maison Despeaux, or Garden Prison. Application to 
Admiral Linois. Spy-glasses and swords taken. Some papers re- 
stored. Opinions upon the detention of the Cumberland. Letter of 
captain Baudin. An English squadron arrives off Mauritius : its 
consequences. Arrival of a French officer with despatches, and obser- 
vations thereon. Passages in the Moniteur, with remarks. Mr. Aken 
liberated. Arrival of cartels from India. Application made by the 
marquis Wellesley. Different treatment of English and French pri- 
soners. Prizes brought to Mauritius in sixteen months. Departure 
of all prisoners of war. Permission to quit the Garden Prison. Astro- 
nomical observations . 
We lost no time in exploring our new place of confinement, and 
in making acquaintance with our fellow prisoners. I hese were 
major Shippard and Mr. W. H. Robertson, who had come from 
India during the peace on account of their health, and been detained ; 
the captains Mathews, Dansey, and Loane, and Mr. M c Crae of the 
Indian army, taken in the Admiral Aplin ; and Messrs. Dale and 
Seymour of H. M. frigate La Dedaigneuse, who having been sent 
with a prize to Bombay had fallen in with the corvette Le Belier, 
and been brought to Mauritius. The officers of merchant ships, 
at first confined in the Garden Prison, had a few days before been 
sent out to Flacq ; and the four remaining officers of the army taken 
in the Aplin, were allowed, at the intercession of captain Bergeret, 
to dwell with their wives at a plantation in the quarter of Pam- 
plemousses, about six miles from the port. 
