They all had a very pleasant trip which took its course from le Havre to the Azores, where they passed on March 12, through the West Indies, and from thence to New Orleans. Here the _Nuremberg_ stopped and the colonists and materials were loaded on to another ship bound for Galveston. On April 25, Dr. Nicolas, one of the leaders, and ten others left for Galveston because they could not any longer endure the stifling heat at New Orleans. Savardan and the other colonists tarried a few days longer in order to purchase supplies for the party for the remainder of the trip. The purchase consisted of: 20 barrels of biscuit, some sweet and some 1000 pounds unsweetened 10 half barrels of beer 2000 pounds 50 pounds of candles; 100 pounds of coffee; 50 pounds of chocolate; 6 pounds of alcohol; 130 pounds of Swiss cheese; 200 pounds of beans; 180 pounds of salad oil; 200 pounds of smoked pork tongues; 150 pounds of lentils; 370 pounds of prune marmalade; 20 pounds of mustard; 25 pounds of onions; 20 pounds of pepper; 110 pounds of dried apples; 650 pounds of rice; 100 pounds of lard; 20 pounds of sardines in small boxes; 100 pounds of sausage; 100 pounds of salt; 68 pounds of white sugar; 137 pounds of brown sugar; 120 pounds of vermicelle and macaroni; 1000 pounds of wine in two barrels; 360 pounds of vinegar; 300 pounds of whiskey; and 25 pounds of powder and 100 pounds of bird shot. The total weight amounted to 7000 pounds and cost, including freight charges to Dallas, $1,000.[5] The party embarked from New Orleans on May 3 with five women and one young man, Christopher, added to the party. Savardan had been advised that Considerant and his family would join his group at New Orleans, but they did not arrive. However, they joined them later at Galveston. Considerant brought with him his wife, a small child, M. Cesar Daly, and two other Frenchmen from the North American Phalanx named Maguet and Willemet. Galveston was reached May 5, and from here they sailed on a small steamboat, the _L’Eclipse_, up Buffalo Bayou to Houston. Here additional wagons and horses were purchased and teamsters were hired to take the provisions, some of which had been sent from New York, Cincinnati, and New Orleans, to La Réunion.