I06 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



tial ; and Caron and LaFaye had, at the fame 

 time, the management of all the commerce 

 of the Indies* The marquis of Monde- 

 vergue arrived at Vori Dauphm on the 

 loth of March 1667, in a vcflci of thirty- 

 fix guns, and was followed by a fmall fleet oft 

 nine flilps, on board which were two dire^i- 

 ors of the Indies, an attorney general, four 

 companies of infantry^ ten chiefs of colonies, 

 eight merchants, and thirty- two women. 



As Toon as Monde vergue arrived, he 

 caiifed himfelf to be proclaimed admiral, 

 and governor-general of the French colo- 

 nics in the Eaft. He was, however* obliged 

 to have recourfe to La Cafe, in order to 

 procure provifions for his fleet. La Cafe, 

 ever ready to ferve his country, . provided 

 for the whole ; and, be fides this, brought 

 about a reconciliation between the French 

 and Diau Mananguc, whofe bravery and 

 intelligence were not to be defpifed. This 

 2 chief. 



