Tl6 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



Robert, who, in 1725, dedicated them to 

 the duke de Chaulnes, whofe protection he 

 then Iblkited, 111 order to form a new ef- 

 tahlifhment in the northern part of Mada- 

 gafcar, 



M. Robert had been taken by the pirates, 

 and conducted to that ifiafid, where he re- 



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mained feveral years, which he employed 

 ufefully in traverllngits principal provinces, 

 and making himfelf acquainted with their 

 produdions. The objed of his plan for 

 an eftablilhment there was, to collect the 

 riches which the pirates had difperfed 

 throughout the northern part of the coun- 

 try, while it ferved them as a place of re- 

 fuge ; but this project, the advantages of 

 which would, perhaps, never have com pen- 

 fated for the expence, was not carried into 

 execution* At prefent there are no confi- 

 derable eftabliflimentsin Madagafcar but one, 

 formed, of late years, in the fouthern part, 

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