1671 ] of the Island Dauphine, &c. 45 
employ’d them, not for the Mogul, but against him, as I’ve 
said above. 
And ’tis a remarkable thing, that a Seigneur as great The Mogul 
as the Mogul, and who places Armies of more than ^ffthan 
300,000 on foot when he wishes, lets war be made in his on foot. 
States, & cannot bring to the front more than ten or 
twelve thousand men. This well shows that these Indians 
are wretched Soldiers, since a handful of men a little 
inur’d to war & led by a brave Chief, resists & mocks at 
the Forces of the Mogul. 
The Gentlemen of the East Indian Company have 
Agencies establish’d in the territory of Savagy. 
The - February, Monsieur de Mondevergues em¬ 
bark’d in the Ship Mariee to return to France, & the next 
day made sail. 
The - of the said month, the Hooker Saint Luc , 
having been sent to Itaperre , distant two leagues from the 
Fort, laden with Knees , Baulks , & other timber for the 
Repairs of the Vessels, being in the Bay, was surpris’d by 
a wind from the South so strong & violent that it cast the 
Hooker on the Coast, where she was lost. The Crew 
which was in her sav’d themselves. 
During this month they sagay'd , or put to death by the 
Sagaye , many Blacks, some for having kill’d a Frenchman 
whom they found asleep, & the others for robbery. 
This is all of the most remarkable events that I’ve seen 
happen in the Island during the stay which I made there, 
to wit, from the month of October 1669 until the month 
of March 1671 , when I embark’d in the Vessel the Navarre 
Admiral to proceed to the Island of Bourbon, to try in 
some degree to recover my health, having remain’d incap¬ 
able of using my limbs. 
I’ve left above some dates in blank, not having been 
able to remark the days precisely, these things having 
happen’d during my illness. 
