"The admiral will have a right, in addition to his share, to one man per hundred." "Each captain will receive twelve shares." "Each brother four shares." "These shares will only be counted after the king's part has been deducted from all the shares." "The surgeons will receive, in addition to their share, two hundred dollars each, as payment for their medicaments." "The carpenters, in addition to their share, will each, have a claim for one hundred dollars, in remuneration of their labours." "Any disobedience will be punished by death, whatever be the name or rank of the culprit." "The brothers who distinguish themselves in the expedition will be rewarded in the following manner--The man who pulls down the enemy's flag from a fortress, and hoists the French one, will have a claim, in addition to his share, to fifty piastres." "The man who takes a prisoner, when out in search of news of the enemy, will have, in addition to his share, one hundred piastres." "The grenadiers, for each grenade thrown into a fort, five piastres." "Any man, who in action captures a high officer of the enemy, will be rewarded by the admiral, if he has risked his life, in a generous way." "Rewards offered, in addition to their share, to the wounded and mutilated." "For the loss of both legs, fifteen hundred crowns, or fifteen slaves, at the choice of the recipient: if there are enough slaves." "For the loss of both arms, eighteen hundred piastres or eighteen slaves, at choice." "For a leg, no distinction between right and left, five hundred piastres or five slaves." "For an eye, one hundred piastres or a slave; for an arm or a hand, no distinction between right and left, four hundred piastres or four slaves." "For both eyes, two thousand piastres, or twenty slaves." "For a finger, one hundred piastres or one slave: if any man be dangerously wounded in the body he will have five hundred piastres or five slaves." "It is already understood, that, in the same way, as with the king's part, all these rewards will be raised on the whole of the booty, before dividing the shares." "Any enemy's vessel captured either at sea or at anchor, will be divided between all the members of the expedition, unless it be valued at more than ten thousand crowns, in which case one thousand crowns will be set apart for the first ship's crew that boarded: the expedition will hoist the royal flag of France, and the admiral bear in addition the _red, white, and blue_ flag." "No officer or sailor of the expedition will be allowed to remain ashore anywhere unless he has previously obtained the admiral's permission, under penalty of being declared a maroon, and prosecuted as such." When this last paragraph which, like all that preceded it, had been listened to in the most profound silence, had been recorded by the Company's agent, Montbarts took the charter party, and read it through in a loud clear voice--