The English refuse to cede the Colony of Senegal to the French--The whole of the French Expedition are obliged to go and encamp on the Peninsula of Cape Verd--The Picard Family obtain leave of the English Governor to remain at Senegal--Poverty of that Family--Assistance which they receive--Enterprise of M. Picard--Restoration of the Colony to the French--Description of Senegal and its Environs 98 CHAPTER XI. The Sickness and Death of Madame Picard break in upon the Happiness of the Family--M. Picard turns his Views to Commerce--Bad Success of his Enterprise--The Distracted Affairs of the Colony disgust Him--The Cultivation of the Island of Safal--Several Merchants protest against M. Picard applying himself to Commerce--Departure of the Expedition to the Island of Galam--M. Picard is deprived of his Employment as Attorney--His eldest Daughter goes to live in the Island of Safal with two of her Brothers 112 CHAPTER XII. Miss Picard lives in the Island of Safal--Her Manner of living--Sufferings she endured--She gathers Flowers which contain a deleterious Poison--Her two Brothers fall Sick--They are conveyed to Senegal--Miss Picard, overcome with Melancholy, also falls Sick--State in which she is found--A Negro boils for her an old Vulture--Return of Miss Picard to Senegal--Her Convalescence--Her Return to the Island of Safal--M. Picard goes there to Live with all his Family--Description of the Furniture of the African Cottage--Country Life--Comfort of their Fireside--Walks of the Family--Little Pleasures which they enjoy 120 CHAPTER XIII. Fresh Misfortunes--Desertion of the Working Negroes--Return of M. Schmaltz to Senegal--Hope Destroyed--Governor Schmaltz refuses all kind of Assistance to the Picard Family--Tigers Devour the Household Dog--Terror of Miss Picard--Bad Harvest--Cruel Prospect of the Family--Increase of Misfortunes--Some generous Persons offer Assistance to M. Picard 131 CHAPTER XIV. The Picard Family, tormented by the Musquitoes, the Serpents, and Tigers, determine to remove their Cottage to the Banks of the River--The Poultry is discovered by the wild Beasts--Miserable Existence of that Family--Humiliations which it suffered--Their Cottage is overturned by a Tempest--The labouring Negroes form a Scheme to desert 140 CHAPTER XV.