. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. ROUND THE WORLD. 261 through a large fandy plain, not admitting of any oppoficion being made till within a third of a league of that C!ty, which is fituate on a plain ftill lower than the firft, and a quarter of a league from the river Biobio. The richeft citizens of this town have no moveables of any value, and at firft fight it would
. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. ROUND THE WORLD. 261 through a large fandy plain, not admitting of any oppoficion being made till within a third of a league of that C!ty, which is fituate on a plain ftill lower than the firft, and a quarter of a league from the river Biobio. The richeft citizens of this town have no moveables of any value, and at firft fight it would be evidently an exceffive inhumanity to de- mand any contribution. Tiie whole advantages, then, of a defcent conduced in this manner, would be confined to an incurfion of three leagues, and it would be advilablc for the enemy to lofe no time in regaining his fhips, for in a few days the camp- major would find himfelf at the head of an army of fifteen thoufand men, and, however fmall his mili- tary talents might be, if he have the lead fpark of honour, it would be impoffible to force him to a capitulation: he would eafily furround an enemy in the open field, and harafs them by a body of caval- ry far more numerous than the whole body of troops that could be fent from Europe on fuch an expedition: his fuperior acquaintance with the paflfes would render an attempt to feize the heights fcarce- ly pradicable, fo that the wifeft, or rather the only condud to purfue would be to retreat. But one of the moft certain methods of bringing on the ruin of the Spanifh intereft in Chili is to form alliances with the Araucos and Taucapel Indians: thefe would foon be joined by the Cordilleras s and thofe whom S 3 the. I fri mm i : i ^ ',.(1 -f^'-' M *«^.'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original La Pérouse, Jean
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