VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. <?I * 



refpeffing the means of fubfifting. Mines 

 of iron and fteel of an excellent quality, 

 hemp, refinoiis gums, pitch and tar, and 

 timber fit for building houfes, or conftrud* 

 ing fliips, all found here in abundance, were 

 advantages which a wife and enlightened 

 adnuniftration would not have fuffered 

 themfelves to negledt, Pronis, however, 

 was a man deftitute of talents and induftry* 

 The indolence in which he lived, as weM as 

 the Frenchmen under his command^ in* 

 volved the colony in all thofe difordera 

 which an imprudent condud ufually pro- 

 duces. Licentioufnefs was fucceeded by a 

 fpirit of revolt ; and thofe who owed fub- 

 miflion and obedience to their chief foon 

 pat him in irons. Inthisftate of captivity, he 

 continued fix months. When releafed from 

 his imprifonment, by a vefTcl which had ar- 

 rived from France, with fuch provifions a&he 

 flood moft in need of, he rendered himfelf 



guilty 



