The French ships, on the other hand, spent most of the time in port and could usually appear with clean bottoms when they did venture abroad.
Eza maFrentshi inqanawa ngamanye amaxesha zichithe ixesha elininzi zisenxwemeni zona bezikwazi ukuthi zibonakale msinya zinomzantsi ococekileyo xa zizakulinga.