of his meriting a juſt puniſhment had he remained. And Cd At, as ſoon as the iſland was reſtored, retired on his plantation in the country; where, univerſally deteſted by both French and Engliſh, he died of deſpair but a ſhort time after.
As ſoon as the new form of government was ſettled by the Marquis de Bouillé, he departed for Martinique, leaving the Marquis Duchilleau Commander in Chief of his conqueſt. This Governor had an univerſal antipathy to the Engliſh, the very name of an Engliſhman being hateful to his ears; nor could he bear them in his fight with any degree of temper; and contrary to the character of men in general of his nation, he extended his brutal behaviour even to the female ſex, if they came in his way, to petition or addreſs him in behalf of their property.
