VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. I25 



" On thefe two prmciples the fort may be 

 ** coaftruded without lhaking the founda- 

 ** tion of the new colony. 



*' The expence of the propofed entcrprize 

 ** will be as moderate as its utility will be 

 ** extenfive. That part of it incurred by 

 " troops will be Uttle or nothing, as they 

 " will form part of the garrifon of the Ifle 

 " of France, where their maintenance w^ould 

 ** be attended with more expence. As to 

 " the houfes to be built, they will require 

 ** only a fmall number of workmen, who, 

 ** for moderate wages, will in a Uttle time 

 ** conftrud all the neceflary edifices, and 

 " the money expended on them will foon 

 ** be reimburfed by the fale of various arti- 

 ** cles which may be procured from the 

 ** eftablifliment, and which will be fet apart 

 ** for that purpofe. 



" All thefe buildings, tlierefore, will be- 

 ** long to the king, without taking any 



" thing 



