The ship the Nicolas Poussin, captained by Mr. Galland, left Pondichery, India on Sept 11, 1864 and arrived in Cayenne on Nov 30, 1864. There were 277 Indians aboard. There were 195 men, 54 women, 14 boys, and 14 Children less than 10 years old. One man and one woman died from typhoid by the time they reached Reunion which was one of the scheduled stops on this voyage which took forty-days. Of the 277 Indians 12 men, 5 women, and 2 of the children were from Karaikal. J. Plomb was the ship's surgeon 2nd Class.