VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 6^ 



ra^er of this man, whofe memory is flill cele- 

 brated among thefe people. La Cafe was only 

 a fiditious name j that of his family was Le 

 Vacher ; and he was born at Rochelle. On 

 his arrival at Fort Dauphin, the French 

 were held in no kind of eftimation among 

 the iflanders. After great expences, that efta- 

 blifhment was in a ftate of the moft de- 

 plorable decline. La Cafe, however, un- 

 dertook to revive the confequence of the 

 French nation ^ and in this he fucceeded* 

 By a great number of vidories he acquired 

 the furname of Dim Poujfe ; and no greater 

 lion our could have been conferred upon 

 him by the Malegaches : for Dkn Pouffe 

 is the name of a chief who formerly con^ 

 quered the ifland, and who is even yet held 

 in great veneration ambng thefe people. ' 



The French, alone, withheld from La 

 Cafe tliat juflice which was doe to his va- 

 lour and good condu£l. The governor of 

 F Fort 



