VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, I33 



pUflicd, by formmg, at Madagafcar, upon 

 proper principles, a colony of Indian 

 weavers, wbo flxould be under the protec- 

 tion of the Ifles of France and Bourbon. It 

 "vvould, however, be neceflary to introduce 

 there, at the fame time, tliofe celebrated ma- 

 chines ufed at Manchefter, for carding and 

 fpinning both coarfe and fine cotton and 

 wool ; for the art of manufacturing clotli 

 would be confined then merely to the 

 weaver; and, certainly, the Indian weavers 

 have a decided fuperiority over thgfe of 

 Europe, Such an affertion does not tend 

 to depreciate our induftry. I am perfedly 

 fenfible that it would be highly abfurd to 

 put the villages on i^e banks of the Ganges 

 in competition with our large manufactories. 

 This would he comparing the prod ions 

 of patience and Ikill with thofe of genius. 



The induftry of the Indian is not con- 

 fined merely to the trade of weaving. He 

 K 3 under- 



