TOYACE TO MADAGASCAR. IO5 



was returning to France, to thank the com- 

 pany for the new marks of favour confer- 

 red on him, and to inform them, that he 

 would undertake the conqueft of the tfland 

 with two hundred Frenchmen, and realize 

 fthe other advantageous projefls which he 

 had already bad the honour of propofing, 

 if they would agree that he fhould be ac- 

 countable to them only for his condudt. 

 It does not, however, appear that the 

 company adopted this plan, which was 

 more that of a brave foldier than of an 

 enlightened governor; for an honeft man 

 refpeds the laws of hofpitality, and laments 

 to fee the principles of juftice and humanity 

 violated for the fordid iuterefls of com- 

 merce. 



In 1666, the marquis of Mondeverguc 

 was appointed by the king to the general 

 command of all the French eaabliflimenta 

 fituated on the other fide of •the equinoc- 

 tial J 



