Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. About the middle of the seventeenth century, Lahontan was erected into a barony, Of which Isaac de Lom, Sieur d'arce, the father Of our author, was the second baron. The Lahontan', Sieur d'arce was famous as a civil engineer, having the made the port Of Bayonne navigable for sea-going vessels (1630 As a recompense for this and certain military services, Louis XIV granted to him and his heirs for ever (1658) a monopoly Of navigation and transportation in the harbor Of Bayonne, and a pension Of three thousand livres per annum for a dozen years; in later years, he was made reformer-general Of Bearn, a councillor Of the parlement Of Navarre, a chevalier Of St. Michel, and a bourgeois Of Bayonne.

About the middle of the seventeenth century, Lahontan was erected into a barony, Of which Isaac de Lom, Sieur d'arce, the father Of our author, was the second baron. The Lahontan', Sieur d'arce was famous as a civil engineer, having the made the port Of Bayonne navigable for sea-going vessels (1630 As a recompense for this and certain military services, Louis XIV granted to him and his heirs for ever (1658) a monopoly Of navigation and transportation in the harbor Of Bayonne, and a pension Of three thousand livres per annum for a dozen years; in later years, he was made reformer-general Of Bearn, a councillor Of the parlement Of Navarre, a chevalier Of St. Michel, and a bourgeois Of Bayonne.