124 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



" and at lefs expence than in the Ifle of 

 ** France, a very extenfive tra^t of land cul- 

 " tivated j and with a few planters. 



** It will be requifite to have on the fpot 

 " a magazine ftored with brandy^ blue cloth, 



glafs ware, and fome Tight French ftuffa. 



** The firft twenty habitations will enfurc 

 " the fuccefs of the eftabliftiment ; and after 

 ** the fecond year, it will be eafy to form 

 ** many others. 



" During the firft two years fcarcely any 

 *- thing can be done, as one may fay, but to 

 ** make a trial of the eftabliniment ; and, to 

 *' fecnre it, materials muft be prepared to 

 ** build a fort, which may be raifed in the third 

 ** year, ratl>er for fupporting the dignity of 



the governor^ than for the fake of keep- 

 " ing pofTeflTion by force- The Ifle of France, 



and the afFedtion of the natives, ought to 

 " be the true fafeguard of this fettlement. 



