go VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



of two bund red I were levying confiderable 

 taxes from the fertile province of Carca- 

 noffi, and giving law "to the iflanders, a 

 cruel war again broke out to deluge that 

 fine country in blood, and to render the 

 alTiflance of La Cafe necefTary. This war, 

 more fatal to the French than the Malega- 

 ches, was occafioned by the inconfiderate 

 zeal of a niifhonary. Dian Manangue, fo- 

 vereign of the provice of Mandrarey^ a 

 powerful, bold and fpirited chief, and 

 a faithful ally to the French, had re- 

 ceived in hi& domc^ with every mark of 

 fiiftin£tion, one Father Stephen, a Lazarift, 

 and fuperior of the miffion of Madagafcan 



This father^ charmed with the excellent 

 quatities of the chief, imaghied that it would 

 be an eafy matter to convert him. When 

 Dian Manangue perceived his intention, he 

 thought it a mark of refpeft due to the 

 tieudOiip which he had vowed to the 



French, 



