Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I whakatairangahia ia hei ensign i te Tihema 31, 1830, i eke ia ki te brig "Du Couëdic" i uru ai ia ki te wikitoria French o Algeria
I reira hoki i tutaki ai ia ki a Gaston de Roquemaurel, te tuarua o te "Astrolabe". I te tau 1832, ka eke ia ki runga i te kaipuke "Isis".