rO VOYAGE TO MAD A Gil SCAR. 



iiland, the extent of which, m^lalittide, com* 

 prebends feveral climates* 



Every refearch, which tends to give us 

 a knowledge of the produdlions of Madagaf- 

 ear, will he no Icfs ufeful to commerce than* 

 to the improvement of arts and manufadures. 



There ai-e, douhtlefs, few countries in 

 the world where navigators can find, in 

 greater abundance, and at expencc, re- 

 frcfhnicnts of every kind. 



It was in the great bay of Antongil, that 

 M, Mahc dc la Bourdonnais, with as much 

 £kilt as expedition, found means to repair 

 the lodes and misfortunes which his fqua- 

 dron bad fit Gained : without the refources 

 which he procured here, that able feaman 

 would have, perhaps, not been in a condi* 

 tion to put to fea ; and might, confequentiy, 

 have failed of that great fiicccfs in India 

 which has given a luftre to his memory. 



The 



