the River of St. Lewis. The Grant is made to him for 15 Years, under several Conditions mention'd in the said Letters Patent, which have been made publick.
A Black bred in France turns to his Native Customs. And whereas such a Grant cannot subsist without Blacks, he is also allow'd to send a Ship to Guinea to purchase them. They may perhaps find there the famous Black Aniaga, Brother to a King of Guinea, whom Captain Delbee brought over into France, above Thirty Years ago. The King was pleas'd to have him Educated, Instructed and Baptiz'd, the Dauphin[1] being his Godfather; then put him into his Troop of Musquetiers, and afterwards made him a Captain in his own Regiment, where he serv'd Honourably. Being desirous to see his own Country again, where he promis'd to promote the French Trade, and the settling of Missioners, his Majesty loaded him with Presents, and order'd a Ship to carry him back to Guinea; but as soon as he was there, he no longer remember'd he had been baptiz'd, and turn'd again as perfect a Black, as he had been before. A Friend of mine, who was an Officer aboard a Ship, and hapned to be on that Coast in the Year 1708, had two or three Interviews with that Black, who came aboard him. He was a great Man in that Country, for his Brother was King. He express'd much Gratitude for the Kindness that had been shewn him in France, and was extraordinary Courteous, and made great Offers to those aboard the Ship, and to all such of the Nation as would go into Guinea.
This Navigation to Louisiana will farther procure us a free Resort to the two famous Ports of the Gulf of Mexico, viz. The Havana and Veracruz, where Strangers did not use to be admitted, and which we knew only by their Names and their Situation in our Maps.
Veracruz in New Spain. The latter of those Towns is the Port of New Spain, at the Bottom of the Bay or Gulf, in 18 Degrees of North Latitude, Seated in a Sandy Plain, encompass'd with
- ↑ The eldest son of Louis XIV, who had died a year or two before the publication of the Fr. original of this Journal. C. C. ed.
