. A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. virtue, in a fet of men who go through their duty withfpirit and chearfulnefs ; and what honour muft not j-edound on an adminiftratioiiwhich forces, even a rival nation, to give an honourable teftimony to its attention inJuftly and confpicuoufiy rewarding merit in its fellow-citizens, at the fame timethat thefe rivals endeavour to quiet the uneafy nainds of their pooi diflatisfied offi-cers, with a vain and empty compliment. F. A VOY- xxviii INTRODUCTION. the happiiiefs to liv
. A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. virtue, in a fet of men who go through their duty withfpirit and chearfulnefs ; and what honour muft not j-edound on an adminiftratioiiwhich forces, even a rival nation, to give an honourable teftimony to its attention inJuftly and confpicuoufiy rewarding merit in its fellow-citizens, at the fame timethat thefe rivals endeavour to quiet the uneafy nainds of their pooi diflatisfied offi-cers, with a vain and empty compliment. F. A VOY- xxviii INTRODUCTION. the happiiiefs to live under a government which thinks it a neceffary duty to re-ward zeal, courage, and virtue, in a fet of men who go through their duty withfpirit and chearfulnefs ; and what honour muft not redound on an adminiftrationwhich forces, even a rival nation, to give an honourable teftimony to its attention injuftly and confpicuoufly rewarding merit in its fellow-citizens, at the fame timethat thefe rivals endeavour to quiet the uneafy minds of their pooi dillatisfied ofE-ccrs, with a vain and empty compliment. F. A VOY-. VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. PART the FIRST. Departure from France clearing the Straits of Magalhaens. CHAP. I. Departure of the Boudeufe from Nantes; puts in at Breji;run from Breji to Montevideo; jun5fion with the Spanijfjfrigatesy intended for taking pojfefjion of the Malouines, orFalklands iflands. I N February 1764, France began to make a fet-objeftofthetlement on the Ifles Malouines. Spain reclaimed ^ ^^7^66,thefe ifles as belonging to the continent of South America; and her right to them having been acknow-ledged by the king, I received orders to deliverour fettlement to the Spaniards, and to proceed tothe Eaft hidies by croffing the South Seas between theTropics. For this expedition I received the com- B mand 2 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. mand of the frigate la Boudeufe, of twenty-fix twelve-pounders, and I was to be joined at the Malouinesby the llore-fhip * IEtoile
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