1671] Description of the Island of Bourbon, &c. 93 
with sugar, tobacco, carpentry wood, with which they 
cou’d export to the Indies, & these Vessels wou’d load at 
the Indies with merchandise both for France & for the 
Island. 
The Indigo which they made wou’d be carry’d to indigo. 
France. ’Tis a good merchandise. 
There’s room whereon to settle more than 10,000 
persons in the said Island. 
I’ve made remarks that I’ve written exactly & faith¬ 
fully of the most remarkable things that happen’d in this 
Isle of Bourbon during the stay that I made from the 
month of May 1671 when I arriv’d, until the fourth day of 
September 1672, when I left it, & embark’d in the ship the 
Barbault to return back to France. I’ve not written any¬ 
thing here because ’tis long; but as this Relation may fall 
into the hands of persons who have an interest in the 
conservation & establishment of the Isle of Bourbon, I 
am ready to instruct them, & to let them see those 
remarks on their least request that they make to me. 
The 22nd September 1671, the Ship Le Breton arriv’d in 
the Isle of Bourbon, & moor’d in the Bay of St. Paul. 
This Ship is the King’s, of from 1000 to 1100 tons burden, 
arm’d for war, having about 400 men on board, including 
Officers, Soldiers, & Sailors, & 50 or 5 5 pieces of ordnance, 
commanded by the Sieur Duclos, Captain. 
The 24 th of the said month there arriv’d in the Bay of 
St. Paul a Hooker, or small vessel, belonging to the 
Messieurs of the Oriental Company. ’Twas commanded 
by the Sieur Chanlatte, call’d Bonne Lame. 
The 21 st October following, these two Vessels weigh’d 
anchor from off the Isle of Bourbon, & departed for the 
Indies. 
The \*]th August , 1672, the Ship Barbault arriv’d at the 
Isle of Bourbon ; it anchor’d at Saint Denis , at ten hours 
of morning; this Ship had been sent from the Indies by 
