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wards the east in order to regain what we had lost.
This was so clear that he [the Captain] could not dis-
agree with it.
I forgot to tell you that while running this course
we saw a bay1 with an opening of three leagues. We
halted before it in order to fetch fresh water, because
we had none left on board. We anchored therefore be-
fore this bay, and we sent people to measure the draft,
with the order to enter it in order to obtain water
more easily. We were forced to anchor at open sea
because there was not more than seven or eight feet
of water at the entrance and we sent the shallop and
the dory for water. They could not fill more than eight
or ten barrels and even that with much difficulty, be-
cause they found only brackish water.
But to return to my subject, the pilots had told him
this and we changed direction. After sailing a few
days we again saw land, which ran east and west. We
continued to run in this direction until we reached the
bay" of which I spoke before. When we were almost
opposite the entrance of this bay, Mr. Legendre, an
officer who embarked on the ship to go to Louisiana,
and Mr. Clavi6, captain of the little Spanish ship which
the pirate, of whom I have spoken before, had cap-
tured and this Mr. Clavi6 we took to pilot us through
the Old Channel, were both behind the poop. They
noticed that the ship touched the sand. They did not
delay to inform the Captain of this and told him that it
was time, without waiting an instant, to set to sea
again, because it was quite clear that otherwise the
ship would ground. He answered, that he would touch
the sand again and that he would find the entrance.
This unhappy man had not yet finished speaking be-
fore this ship grounded completely.
Now everyone passed sad moments, especially when
we saw that at the time of such an accident, the Cap-
tain of the ship went to bed and locked the door of
his cabin from the inside. The lieutenant had become
crazy, witnessing this accident. The ensign was in his
cabin below deck and said that if the Lord would save
him from this danger, he would not sail any more.12
Therefore, there stayed on deck only the commanding
'OGalveston Bay. This description is vague. Cf. Beranger's account here
below. The location of this Bay will be discussed more in detail at the
end of this study.
"Galveston Bay.
12One realizes that de Bellisle and his companions did sail under very
unreliable officers, which explains his willingness to land at the first
opportunity.208
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