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the name alone of La Care which kept the 

 Malegaches under fubjedlion to fo vicious a 

 conftitution. The memory of that truly 

 extraordinary man is ftill held in great ve- 

 iieralion among thefe iflanders- His bra- 

 very, joined to more valuable qualities^ 

 and above all, the alliance he contracted 

 by his marriage with Dian-Nong, infpired 

 them with fo much rcfpedt, that it xvas 

 only after his death, that all thefe chiefs 

 umted againfl the wretched remains of the 

 French adventurers, whofe temporary fuc^ 

 cefTes were always followed by memorable 

 difafters. 



La Cafe, without doubt, was of too war- 

 like a difpofition, and this is a ftain upon 

 his memory ; but all people almoft have a 

 fecret propenfity to this deftrudive fcourge, 

 which defolates the moft beautiful countries 

 in the world, and occafions a thoufand 

 times more evils to mankind than all the 



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