The principal officer then leaped on shore, and walked leisurely towards the house of governor Winthrop.

Stanhope also landed in a short time, and, with Mr.Gibbons, proceeded directly to the governor's.

The mansion exhibited no appearance of alarm; the windows were thrown open to admit the cooling sea-breeze, children sported around the door, and cheerful voices within announced, that the stranger, who had just preceded them, was not an unwelcome guest.

He was conversing apart with Mr.Winthrop, when they entered, and they instantly recognized in him, a lieutenant of M.de la Tour, who had, on a former occasion, been sent to negociate a treaty with the magistrates of Boston.

He was believed to be a Hugonot, and, on that account, as well as from the personal regard which his conduct and manners inspired, he had been treated with much attention, during the time that he remained there.Mons.de Valette,--so he was called,--had been particularly intimate with the family of Major Gibbons, a gentleman of consideration in the colony, and he quickly espied his lady in the pleasure-boat, which he discovered in the bay.