loo VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



not receive intelligence of the fate of his 

 companions, and come to attack tliem be- 

 fore the arrival of Dian Manangue, who was 

 flill with his army in the country of the 

 Machicores* 



The Portuguele reUted, that their expe- 

 dition had been attended with fuccefs tiU 

 they fell in with La Vatangue. Their 

 number fpread terror and confternatipn 

 throughout all the villages where they pa(fed; 

 the chiefs paid, without hefitation, the con- 

 tributions which were exaded ; and they were 

 on the point of reaping the fruit of a long 

 and fatiguing journey when the infatiable 

 rapacity of their commander occafioned their 

 ruin, and the lofs of their rich booty* 



Chamargou, in this relation, ought to 

 have perceived thejuft piinifhment of thefe 

 unfortunate plunderers, who were going to 

 ravage countries over Which they had no 

 kind of authority ; but this governor, in* 



flead 



