1670] of the Island Dauphine, &c. 
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profits & honours as they had among Foreigners, & this 
on pain of death. 
Of all these said documents the said Sieur Procureur- 
General required the registry, as well as the promulgation 
of the said Ordinances : then he made a fine and eloquent 
Harangue to Monsieur the Admiral; which being finish’d, 
the Admiral descended from the Throne, & at the head 
of all the Officers & people of the island, he said that the 
intention of the King was that Monsieur de Champmargou 
should be acknowledg’d as Governor & Lieutenant of the 
Island, & that each one was to obey him in that quality. 
He also said that it had been the intention of the King to 
appoint the Sieur la Casse in charge as Major of the 
Island, & that each one was to respect him in that 
office. 
They afterwards went to the Church to thank God, & 
Messieurs the Ecclesiastics, with the Cross, receiv’d at the 
door Monsieur the Admiral ; they chanted the Te Deum, 
which being finish’d, the Admiral went out of the Church, 
& the troops fir’d their salutes & the same was done by 
the cannon of the Fort & by the Ships in the Roadstead. 
This being done, two barrels of Wine were given by Mon¬ 
sieur the Admiral to the Soldiers. Afterwards they saw 
the Mitave danc’d by many Blacks, who had for a reward Mitave,ges- 
two barrels of Wine to drink. The same day Monsieur postures of 
the Admiral took possession of the Island in the name of ^h^nthey 
the King. ^ r mcA 
Tuesday, i 6 tk December , at two hours after sunrise, the 
long Boat anchor’d in the Bay Dauphine, commanded 
by one named Gigault , Pilot, returning from looking for the 
River of Masts, which was said to be in the Island, where River of 
it had been sent by Monsieur de Mondevergues. They Masts ' 
call this river the River of Masts, because there are there 
fine woods proper for masting Vessels : & we were assur’d 
that ’tis where the Arabs obtain the greater portion of 
