. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . Jidles& 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 Islandof Bourbon, having left the Bay Dauphine on the 9thApril, saild 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 very difficult to go from Madagascar to the Islandof Bourbon
. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . Jidles& 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 Islandof Bourbon, having left the Bay Dauphine on the 9thApril, saild 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 very difficult to go from Madagascar to the Islandof Bourbon, because the winds are always contrary, & oneis obligd to gain the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope;but to return from the Island of Bourbon to Madagascaris very easy, the winds are always favourable. The first of May following, the Ships arrivd at the Isleof Bourbon, & dropped anchor opposite the settlement ofSaint Denis; immediately the Admiral went on shore,accompanyd by several officers ; they were receivd bythe Sieur Reginauld, Commandant or Governor of theIsland for the Gentlemen of the INSCRIBED STONE, COMMEMORATIVE OF ADMIRAL DE LA H VYES VISIT TO THE ISLAND OF BOURBON, STILL PRESERVED AT ST. DENIS. From M. Maillards Notes sur It/e dc la Reunion 1671] Relation of the Island of Bourbon, &c. 7 3 The next day they disembarkd the sick, of which I wasone of the number; many dyd shortly after getting toland, more for want of fresh provision than anything else. The sixth of the month Monsieur the Admiral despatchedfrom the said Island the Ships Saint Jean de Bayonne,Indienne, & the St. Jacques, to proceed to Antongil &Gallamboulle, Provinces of the Island of Madagascar, tofetch some rice for the Fleet, which was very short ofprovisions, & of which the Soldiers & Sailors had alreadybeen in want Monsieur the Admiral stayd in this Island from thefirst of May until the 22nd of June following. During thistime he held receptions, promulgated the Ordinances, & theAmnesty
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