A Family Sketch--My Youthful Days--I Study for the Medical Profession--Obtain a Naval Surgeon's Diploma--Early Voyages--Sail for Manilla in the Cultivateur--Adventurous Habits--Cholera and Massacre at Manilla and Cavite--Captain Drouant's Rescue--Personal Dangers and Timely Escapes--How Business may make Friends of one's Enemies--An Unprincipled Captain--Tranquility restored at Manila--Pleasures of the Chase--The Cultivateur sails without me--First Embarrassments. My father was born at Nantes, and held the rank of captain in the regiment of Auvergne. The Revolution caused him the loss of his commission and his fortune, and left him, as sole remaining resource, a little property called La Pl…
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