36 VOYAGE TO MADAG.ASCAR, 



loft light of the fundamental parts of their 

 religious opinions. They do not believe in 

 a future exiftence ; like the Mnnichees, they 

 admit of two principles, one fupremely good» 

 and the other extremely wicked. They 

 never addrefs their prayers to the former 5 

 but they entertain a great dread of the latter. 

 They are continually doing homage and 

 offering up facrifices to him. 



The iHand of Madcigafcar is fo near to 

 the coaft of Africa, that it is natural to fup- 

 pofc that it muft have been peopled from 

 that vaft continent: but at prefent the dif- 

 ferent races are fo intermixed, that it would 

 be vain to attempt to dcfcrlbe all the varie- 

 ties of them. 



One can, however, in this iffand diftin* 

 guifh the race of real negroes y but it is a 

 matter of more difficulty to diliinguiih thofe 

 who are defcended from the whites* 



The whites, who inhabit the province of 



Anoffi 



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