4 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



Mmtatme^ j^ntdvcres, Gha/emhuk, Tama* 

 iavc^ Sahaveh, FQuku^FouIm^ Andafmuhyj 

 Manghabejf^ Adchmuichy^ Mandrarey^ Am* 

 patre^ Camnbouk^ Mahafalky^ Houlouvey^ 

 Sha/j, Tvandrhou^ and Macbicores* 



When the Portuguefe difcovcred Mada- 

 gafcar, they wiflied to give it the name of 

 the ifland of St. Lawrence. In the reign 

 of Henry IV. the French named it lie Dau- 

 phme : but though its real name is Madecajfe^ 

 it is generally known under that of Mada- 

 gafcar. 



This large ifland, according to feveral 

 learned geographers, is the Cerne of Pliny, 

 and the Mimihiajde of Ptolemy. 



It extends ahnoft N. N. E. and S.S. W» 

 and lies between the twelfth and twenty-fixth 

 degrees of fouthern latitude. 



We may reckon that the fuperficles of 

 this ifland, fo celebrated for the fertility of 

 its foil, and the variety of its produdions, 



contains 



