igB VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



feas from tlie opprefHon of tliefe formida- 

 ble tyrants, who had feized a large Por- 

 tuguefc vcflfel, in which were count de 

 Rcceira and the archbifhop of Goa, and the 

 lame day another veffel which carried thirty- 

 two guns. Both ihcfe valuable prizes were 

 captured before the Ifie of Bourbon* 



The pirates, accuftomed to war, and 

 elated with their fuccefs, made a long and 

 dcfperatc refinance. Before they were ex- 

 tirpated it was neceffary to bifag a confider- 

 able force againft them j to terrify them by 

 the feverefl punifiiment, and to purfiie them 

 llirough the mofl imminent dangers, even to 

 the place of their retreat, where they were 

 obUged to fet fire to their veflds : — ^fuch 

 were the fevere means employed to clear 

 the Indian feas of thcfc plunderers, who 

 had infefled them from the time that Vafco 

 de Gama opened a paffage to India, by the 

 Cape of Good Hope. The entire deftruc- 

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