Narrative of a voyage to Senegal in 1816 undertaken by order of the French Government comprising an account of the shipwreck of the Medusa ... To which are subjoined observations respecting the agriculture of the Western coast of Africa / by J.B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Corréard. Illustrated with the notes of M. Bredif.
- Savigny, Jean Baptiste Henri, 1793-1843. Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English
- Date:
- 1818
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Narrative of a voyage to Senegal in 1816 undertaken by order of the French Government comprising an account of the shipwreck of the Medusa ... To which are subjoined observations respecting the agriculture of the Western coast of Africa / by J.B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Corréard. Illustrated with the notes of M. Bredif. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A] class. Some days before our departure from the roads of the Isle of Aix, he had received a severe contusion on the fore part of the right leg, which was not approach- ing to its cure, when we stranded and wholly incapacitated him from moving. One of his comrades, moved by his situa- tion, offered to take his place, but Mr. ~Coudin, though wounded, preferred re- pairing to the dangerous post which was assigned him, because he was the oldest officer of his class on board. He was hardly on board the raft, when the sea water so increased the pain in his leg, that he nearly fainted; we gave notice of his situation to the nearest boat, we were answered that a boat would come and fetch this officer. I do not know whe- ther the order was given, but it is cer- tain that Mr. Coudin was obliged to re- main on the fatal raft. The long-boat, which we have been forced to lose sight of fora moment, in order to give these necessary details, at length rallied; it was, as we have stated, the last that left the frigate. The lieute-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33090701_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
