VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. II3 



Other fcourges united. What man is there 

 whom a paffion for glory does not, fome- 

 times, fo far intoxicate as to make him for- 

 get every fentiment of juftice aed huma- 

 nity ? It is very difficult for a brave foldier 

 to make Ms conduct, in every refped, that 

 of a philofopher ; and, under this point of 

 view, it would, perhaps, be unjuft to pafs 

 a fevere cenfure upon all the adions of 

 him who in Madagafcar did moft honour 

 to his nation* 



Chamargou furvived La Cafe only a 

 fliort time, and was fucceeded by La Bre* 

 tefche, in the command of the fettlement. 

 La Bretefche was La Cafe's fon-in-law; 

 but he poffeffcd neither the talents nor the 

 influence of his predeceiror. Finding that 

 it was impoflible for him to preferve his 

 authority, amidft the divifion and diforder 

 which prevailed between the French and 



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