The next Day, being the 28th, we sang _Te Deum_, in Thanksgiving for our prosperous Passage. Monsieur _de la Sale_ being somewhat recover’d of his Indisposition, went Ashore with several of the Gentlemen of his Retinue, to buy some Refreshments for the Sick, and to find Means to send Notice of his Arrival, to Messieurs _de St. Laurent_, _de Cussy_, and _Begon_, and signify to them, how much he was concern’d that we had not put into _Port de Paix_. He writ particularly to Monsieur _de Cussy_, to desire he would come to him, if possible, that he might be assisting to him, and take the necessary Measures for rendering his Enterprize successful, that it might prove to the King’s Honour and Service. In the mean Time, the Sick suffering very much Aboard the Ships,[42] by Reason of the Heat, and their being too close together, the Soldiers were put Ashore, on a little Island, near _Petit Gouaves_, which is the usual Burial-Place of the People of the pretended Reformed Religion,[43] where they had fresh Provisions, and Bread baked on Purpose, distributed to them. As for the Sick, I was order’d by Monsieur _de la Sale_, to provide a House for them, whither they were carry’d, with the Surgeons, and supply’d with all that was requisite for them. [Sidenote: _Nov. 1684_] Some Days after, Monsieur _de la Sale_ fell dangerously ill, most of his Family were also sick. A violent Fever, attended with Lightheadedness, brought him almost to Extremity. The Posture of his Affairs, Want of Money, and the Weight of a mighty Enterprize, without knowing whom to trust with the Execution of it, made him still more sick in Mind, than he was in his Body, and yet his Patience and Resolution surmounted all those Difficulties. He pitch’d upon Monsieur _le Gros_ and me to act for him, caus’d some Commodities he had Aboard the Ships to be sold, to raise Money; and through our Care, and the excellent Constitution of his Body, he recover’d Health. [Sidenote: _Ketch taken by the Spaniards._] Whilst he was in that Condition, two of our Ships, which had been separated from us on the 18th of _September_, by the stormy Winds, arriv’d at _Petit Gouave_ on the 2d of _October_. The Joy conceiv’d on Account of their Arrival, was much allay’d by the News they brought of the Loss of the Ketch, taken by two _Spanish Piraguas_; and that Loss was the more grievous, because that Vessel was laden with Provisions, Ammunition, Utensils and proper Tools for the settling of our new Colonies; a Misfortune which would not have happen’d, had Monsieur _de Beaujeu_ put into _Port de Paix_, and Messieurs _de St. Laurent_, _de Cussy_, and _Begon_ who arrived at the same Time, to see Monsieur _de la Sale_ did not spare to signify as much to him, and to complain of that Miscarriage.