Scope and Contents He is still alive following a terrible sea voyage during which his vessel lost 200 men. Instead of Charleston, their intended destination, they ended up in Louisiana. He is sick with a months-long fever and is being cared for by a local named Mr. Boisblanc, in Chapitoulas, near New Orleans. He asks his mother and his aunt to send him a few casks of wine to reverse the misfortune that has befallen him, since he has lost everything. He intends to learn to make sugar which could be a useful...