VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. I95 



however, are conftru<5led only of leaves and 

 matts, which might be broke through with- 

 out much difficulty. 



The pirates, who carried on their depre- 

 dations in the Indian feas, alarmed at the 

 great preparations which were making 

 to put an end to their robbery, took re- 

 luge on the north-eaft coaft of Madagafcar* 

 it appears that they formed their eilabliOi- 

 ment at the ifle of Nofly-Hibrahim, 

 named by the French St. Mary. One of 

 the extremities of this ifland reaches witliin 

 eleven leagues of Foulepointe, and the 

 other extends to the Bay of Antongil. 



By contra<9:ing alliances with the ifland- 

 ers, the pirates gained their confidence and 

 friendlhip. It raay^ perhaps, appear fur- 

 prifing that men w ho followed fo in famous 

 a profeHion fliould not have been more de^ 

 tefted. This foreign land became to them 

 and their children a new country : they 

 O a afilimed 



