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and E sn>t; but by one of those 
mT b J£ which sway the affairs of this life, l returned to 
touched U V thc nvei ' 4mazon and Peru, without having 
touched the continent of Africa. 
branch tnU ■ fri S atc "bich was to convey M. Skiolde- 
of October ° Tu’-n aS c l ‘ x P < -“ cte ^ fl t Marseilles toward the end 
great eeleidt - J Eo , n P . a 'id ai *d myself repaired thither witli 
with the i'e-ir’ r? r .^ urni o our journey we were tormented 
M. Sl-ini l u . b TS b°o late, and missing onr passage, 
to reach his l? r>l 1 'f Ud S' 3 ? 110 Jcss bnpatient than ourselves 
climbed t ' S? °f destination. Several times a day we 
commands an ' UU ot ,^°tro Dame de la Garde, which 
sail Sc ^dtZV' ° f th ? •^Mediterranean. ' Even- 
emotion- but alVe mmou excited m us the most eager 
tation, n’c learid l '™-, maat & ot ‘ ansiet - v mA 
frigate which , . * 10 P u bhe papers, that the Swedish 
storm oil the 1™ 1° e e n ^y U8 > bad suffered greatly in a 
outer the nort o^r r Eort? 4." : >b and had been forced to 
by private Id I or f dlz .’ to ref ib This news was confirmed 
the name r ,. a . ssl J ru:i S ns that the Jaramas, which was 
the sprint* ’ n S a te, would not reach Marseilles before 
that ncriorf 0 n!, cllnat,io \ 1 to prolong our stay in Provence till 
delight fnl i f 1? Countr y, and especially the climate, were 
fiailurS’ bl,t b! 10 aspect of the sea reminded us of the 
and Tool™ P ’r jeCt ,i' • ]l ’ "" excursion wo made to Hyeres 
dense w 1 T° I?" 1 tho latter port the frigate la 'l?ou- 
nse uhu-h had been commanded byM. de Bougainville, in 
Corsief g Tvr 0 f i } the W0 - I 1 , 8,10 then fitting out for 
cular r i M ' 10 ^bmgamvdlo had honoured me with parti- 
na hm io 10SS duril, R m * v sta >' in Paris, when I was pre- 
eannot SwTT 1 - tlle Ci 'P edition of captain Baudin. I 
sight Of th Ub v 1 nnpvession mado upon my mind by the 
island 'p t S.,T S !l ^" eh > ,ad «”riod Com 1 :- •-■son to the 
" painful emnt‘ °"i i l ' . . I' 1 some conditions of the mind, 
P \W;n , 1de ? ds ltsclf wit b all our feelings. 
■■oast an 1 p !f s,sted ’ n {be intention of visiting the African 
veram-e^ V ^'•ere nearly becoming the victims of our perse- 
sail fL a- ' ; sma11 vo f £l . ot Pagusa, on the point of setting 
we thouohv f Iia ' ,lS V bbat time in the port of Marseilles ; 
we thought the opportunity favourable for reaching Egypt and 
