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                           UNITED STATES                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       Washington, DC 20549                                                                                             SCHEDULE 13G                                             Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                                                         (Amendment No.  1)                                                                                Fortune Natural Resources Corporation _____________________________________________________________________________                         (Name of Issuer)                                                            Common Stock _____________________________________________________________________________                  (Title of Class of Securities)                                                             349681106                    __________________________                          (CUSIP Number)                                         
                                13G CUSIP No.  349681106 _____________________________________________________________________________ 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.
      Renaissance Capital Growth and Income Fund III, Inc.   75-2533518 _____________________________________________________________________________ 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*     (a)        (b)    _____________________________________________________________________________ 3.  SEC USE ONLY
  _____________________________________________________________________________ 4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     Texas _____________________________________________________________________________
  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: _____________________________________________________________________________ 5.  SOLE VOTING POWER     1,061,571 shares _____________________________________________________________________________ 6.  SHARED VOTING POWER     None _____________________________________________________________________________ 7.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     1,061,571 shares _____________________________________________________________________________ 8.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     None _____________________________________________________________________________ 9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     1,061,571 shares _____________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*     Not applicable _____________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9     8.01% _____________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON     IV _____________________________________________________________________________
  ITEM 1.     (a) Name of Issuer.         Fortune Natural Resources Corporation                     ("Company")
      (b) Address of Issuer's principal Executive Offices         515 West Greens Road, Suite 720         Houston, TX 77067
  ITEM 2.
      (a) Name of Person Filing         Renaissance Capital Growth and Income Fund III, Inc.      ("Filer")
      (b) Address of principal Business Office or, if none, Residence         8080 North Central Expwy., Suite 210, LB 59         Dallas, TX 75206-1857
      (c) Citizenship         Texas
      (d) Title of Class of Securities         Common Stock
      (e) CUSIP Number         75966V105
  ITEM 3.  If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b),           check whether the person filing is a:
      (a) ______ Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
      (b) ______ Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
      (c) ______ Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act
      (d)   X    Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment         ______ Company Act
      (e) ______ Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment                Advisers Act of 1940
      (f) ______ Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the                 provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974                or Endowment Fund; see section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
      (g) ______ Parent Holding Company, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)                (ii)(G)(Note: See Item 7)
      (h) ______ Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)
  ITEM 4.  Ownership.
      (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:          At December 31, 1998, Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III,           Inc.  ("Renaissance III") owned a $350,000 12% Convertible Subordinated          Promissory Note due December 31, 2007, convertible at $3.00 per share.          On May 1, 1999, the conversion price was reset on this promissory note          to $0.3297 per share.  Thus the Filer owns 1,061,571 shares of the           Company's common stock on a fully converted basis.  The promissory note          is convertible within sixty days. |