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Sept.] On the 29th, our Commander Dentrecateaux was informed, by dipatches which he had orders not to open before we were in the main ea, that Major Huon Kermandec, Commander of the Eperance, was advanced to the rank of pot-captain (capitaine de vaieau), and himelf to that of rear-admiral (contre-amiral). This intelligence was immediately conveyed by the peaking-trumpet to the Eperance, and our flags were hoited with the ditinctive enigns of the rank conferred upon the Commander.

We again dicovered two marines, and a cabin-boy, who were not inrolled among our crew, and had kept themelves till now concealed in the hip. As we were already too far from the land to et them on hore, the Commander permitted them to accompany us on our expedition.

Having made everal ea-voyages before the preent, I had flattered myelf that I was too eaoned a ailor to be any more incommoded by the motion of the veel; but I found that I had already entirely lot this qualification, for I was ea-ick during the firt three days after our ailing from Bret. I have had frequent opportunities in the coure of this voyage of remarking, that a very hort tay upon hore is ufficient to render me anew uceptible of icknes from the mo- tion