VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* llj 



by M. de Modave^ a man of fpirit and a 

 brave officer, and another, in tlie northern 

 part, by count Benyowfki, I was at the Ifle of 

 France in 1768, when M, de Modave came, 

 in the name of the king, to take pofTeflion 

 of the government of Fort Dauphin, The 

 duke de Praflin was then minifter of the 

 marine, and had approved the plan pre- 

 fented to him by M. de Modave, 



As it appears to be of feme importance, 

 I fhall here give a copy of the memoir pre- 

 fented to that minifter, when this eftablifh- 

 ment was projeded. 



Memoir of M. de Modave, 



** T H E Ifle of France, like our An- 

 " tilles, may confume our provifions, and, 

 " in exchange, give us produdiions which 

 ** we have not. 



** It is a place where our fiiip.s and peo- 

 " pie employed in the Afiatic trade, may 

 I 3 aop 



