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and to betake themfelves to flight. Tiiough 

 the approach of night oiTght to have pre- 

 Tcnted him J he then fet forward to purfue 

 them. Having difcovered Dian Manangue, 

 aniidft a numerous body of the iflander^, 

 he wiflied to throw himfelf upon him : 

 but Rabaze^ a friend and favourite of lEiC 

 chief, had the courage to ft op him, and to 

 facrilice his life to fave that of his fc- 

 vere'gQ. The darknefs of night only put 

 an end to . the carnage : but on the «Qn- 

 clufion of this bloody war Fort Dauphin 

 was again reduced to the mofl deplorable 

 ftate of diftrefs. The chiefs ceafed to fend 

 in provifions, and even intercepted thofe 

 which the garrifon endeavoured to procure 

 from diftant parts. Dian Marinngtie, who 

 pretended to be fovereign lord of a c;reat 

 part of the ifland, threatened our eftablilTi- 

 ment with a formidable army ; and his pre- 

 fence alone would have occafioned .a fa- 

 H 4 mine. 



