128 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAl. 



habitants of foreign lands j and becaufe they 

 forefee not the danger to which they expofe 

 themfelves, by receiving you amongft them, 

 with friendfiiip and gcnerofity, you wifli 

 even to turn their kindnefs againft them, 

 and to make a right of them in order lo op- 

 prefs them, and fubjeia them to your do- 

 minion* 



If great commercial advantages invite you 

 to Madagafcar, adopt principles mpre juft 

 and humane* 



For forming your eftablifliments, choofe 

 farmers and mechanics. Thofe who know 

 the charader of the Malegaches, entertain 

 no doubt refpeding the reception which 

 thefe iflanders will give to men whofe fru- 

 gal and active lives baniih vice, and intro- 

 duce abundance. 



Cultivating the earth by the plough, and a 

 number of other ufeful pra£tices, will infpire 

 thefe people with fentiments of gratitude 



and 



