VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. Ill 



difficult to forefee, that the lofs of this cele- 

 brated man would infallibly occafion that of 

 the colony* 



At this period, it was well known, that 

 the iilanders breathed nothing but ven- 

 geance againft us, and eagerly fought an 

 opportunity of retaliating for our in- 

 juftice and opprefTion, Our yoke was 

 become odious and infupportable to them. 

 Htflorians^ for the honour of civihzed na- 

 tions, ought to bury in oblivion every de- 

 tail of the atrocious cruelties exercifed againft 

 ihofe people, whom they brand with the 

 odious epithets of barbarians, traitors, and 

 thieves, becaofe they have revolted againft 

 fome European adventurers, whofe leaft 

 crime was a violation of the facred rights of 

 hofpitality. 



If the eftabliftiment at Fort Dauphin fub* 

 fifted fo long, notwithftanding the deteft- 

 able ad minift ration of thefe rulers, it wa» 



the 



