Chapter 1

M. Picard makes his first Voyage to Africa, leaving at Paris his Wife and two young Daughters--Death of Madame Picard--The Children taken home to the House of their Grandfather--Return of M. Picard after Nine years Absence--He marries again, and Departs a short while after, with all his Family, for Senegal--Description of the Journey between Paris and Rochefort 19