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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN ORIGINAL EDITION
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- Voyage from Rodriguez to Mauritius; Adventures in that Island, Java, and at the Cape of Good Hope
- Thanksgiving Hymn
- APPENDIX A Abstract of M. J. Codine's Mémoire on the Discovery of the Mascarene Islands
- ADDENDUM.—On M. de Flacourt's Pillar
- ADDENDUM.—List of Bourbon Birds
- APPENDIX B Relation de l'Ile Rodrigue
- APPENDIX C The Fauna of the Mascarene Islands
- APPENDIX D On Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands
- APPENDIX E The Gigantic Mascarene Tortoises
- SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE by E. Delmar Morgan.—The Dugong, Halicore Dugong, Leguat's “Manati”
- INDEX
Voyage from Rodriguez to Mauritius; Adventures in that Island, Java, and at the Cape of Good Hope
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN ORIGINAL EDITION
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- Voyage from Rodriguez to Mauritius; Adventures in that Island, Java, and at the Cape of Good Hope
- Thanksgiving Hymn
- APPENDIX A Abstract of M. J. Codine's Mémoire on the Discovery of the Mascarene Islands
- ADDENDUM.—On M. de Flacourt's Pillar
- ADDENDUM.—List of Bourbon Birds
- APPENDIX B Relation de l'Ile Rodrigue
- APPENDIX C The Fauna of the Mascarene Islands
- APPENDIX D On Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands
- APPENDIX E The Gigantic Mascarene Tortoises
- SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE by E. Delmar Morgan.—The Dugong, Halicore Dugong, Leguat's “Manati”
- INDEX
Summary
At length the time for our Departure came, when having recommended our selves to the Almighty Power, which even the Winds and Seas obey, we re-embark'd on our poor Gally, the 21st of May, 1693. At first we only made use of our Oars, little or no Wind being stirring; and also that we might more exactly observe the Sea-marks we had set up, by which means we in a short time safely pass'd the Rocks and Shoals: But a Moment after, one of our Oars broke, as we were endeavouring to avoid the Rapidity of a Current which wou'd have hurry'd us into a dangerous Eddy; and the Calm rendring our Sails useless, we thought we must inevitably perish. True it is, we were all seiz'd with a great fright, and I dare say, not one amongst us but wou'd have prefer'd a favourable Wind to the finest Woman in the World. At last a small Gale arose, which assisted by our other Oar, help'd us to escape the Rock. There was another Rock about two Leagues off, towards which the Current, which was stronger than the Wind, was driving us; but the time we had to refit our Oar, made us likewise to escape that Danger.
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- The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good HopeTranscribed from the First English Edition, pp. 139 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1891