102 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



pe^rs, that Chamargou was obliged by au 

 abfolute fcarcity of provifions to make an 

 attempt to regain Fort Dauphin, When 

 lie anived at the great river Mandrarey, 

 and was endeavouring to crofs it, Dian 

 Mananguc, who had watched bis motiom, 

 appeared on the oppofite bank with an army 

 of fix thoufand men to oppofe his pnfTage* 

 This chief, bearing the furpUce and fquare 

 cap of the miilionary Stephen at the Lead 

 of his forces, braved the French, who were 

 on the point of perifliing by famine. In 

 the mean time La Cafe arrived} accompa- 

 nied by ten Frenchmen, and three thou fa nd 

 Androfaces, who \tere his fubje£ts, or rather 

 thefubjeds of his wife,Dian-Nong* As foon 

 as this brave man came up, he ruihed into 

 the water, ordered his people to fire upon 

 the enemy, and by the terror of his name, 

 rather than the fnperiority of . his arms, 

 forced them to quit the borders of the river, 



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