Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.

CHAPTER XI.

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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