VO Y A GE OFMONSIE UR de la Haye , Admiral , 
to the Island of Bourbon , Mascarenne. 
M onsieur de la Haye having resolv’d to proceed to 
the Island of Bourbon, with the design of re-estab¬ 
lishing his health & that of many persons who had fallen ill 
at Madagascar, departed from Fort Dauphin on the ninth 
day of April 1671, in the Ship Navarre , accompany’d by the 
Ships Flamand , Saint Jean de Bayonne , Indienne, Europe , 
& by a Hooker of the Company named the Saint Jacques , 
having despatch’d several days previously the Ships Julies 
& Diligente , to go to Cape St. Augustin to bring supplies, 
& he left at Fort Dauphin the Ships Triomphe , Phenix , 
& Sultanne. 
The six ships above named, destined to go to the Island 
of Bourbon, having left the Bay Dauphine on the 9th 
April, sail’d out to sea with a wind favourable enough, 
which lasted till the nth, & coming all at once contrary, 
prevented them from quickly reaching the Isle of Bourbon. 
’Tis very difficult to go from Madagascar to the Island 
of Bourbon, because the winds are always contrary, & one 
is oblig’d to gain the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope ; 
but to return from the Island of Bourbon to Madagascar 
is very easy, the winds are always favourable. 
The first of May following, the Ships arriv’d at the Isle 
of Bourbon, & dropped anchor opposite the settlement of 
Saint Denis ; immediately the Admiral went on shore, 
accompany’d by several officers ; they were receiv’d by 
the Sieur Reginauld, Commandant or Governor of the 
Island for the Gentlemen of the Company. 
