66 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



Fort Dauphin, jealous oF the glory he had 

 acquired, by executing^ in an able manner, 

 tUole difficult commiflions which had been 

 afligned to' him, refufed either to reward or 

 to promote him. The fovereign of the 

 province of Amboule, named Dian-Raffi- 

 tate, took advantage of the juft refentment 

 of La Cafe, and invited him to enter into 

 his fervice* Five Frenchmen accompanied 

 him, and abandoned Fort Dauphin. Dian- 

 Nong, Dian-Raffitate's daughter, having . 

 conceived a violent aSe£i:ion for La Cafe, 

 oiFered him her hand with the confent of 

 her father ; and this chief, tottering on the 

 brink of the grave through age and infir- 

 mities, had the confolation of fecuring the 

 liappinefs of his fubje£ts, by rendering bis 

 fon- in-law abfolute mailer of the rich and 

 fertile province of Amboule. When La 

 Cafe married Dian-Nong, be refufed the 

 title and honours 'which, in that country, 



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