Io8 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



The marquis of Mondevcrgue, to whofe 

 option it had been left either to remain 

 governor of the id and, or to return to 

 France, chofe the latter courfe, and em- 

 barked in a fliip called the Mary, in the 

 month of February 1671. On his arri- 

 val at Port- Louis, he found a commif- 

 fary, who had orders to make him give an 

 account of his adminiRration, The com- 

 pany were much incenfed againft him ; for 

 La Haye, with whom he had quarrelled, 

 had afpeifed his character, and aceufed him 

 of feveral mifdemeanors. Though the pub* 

 lie voice was in his favour, this brave offi- 

 cer, who had governed the ifland with pru- 

 dence, and re-eftablifhed peace iri it, was 

 obliged to yield to the fu period influence of 

 his adverfary, and died a prifoner in the 

 caRle of Saumur. 



La Haye, whofe authority was unlimit- 

 ed, now refolved to deliver himfclf from 



thofe 



