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that Impreflion which it ought on enlight- 

 ened nation?, and force them to profcribe 

 flaverj, how can they flatter thenifekes 

 that it will be perceived by favages involved 

 ia the darknefs of ignorance ? We cannot, 

 therefore, be furprifed that the Malegaches, 

 ftruck with the advantages which they con- 

 tinually derive from the fale of flaves, flill 

 entertain a grateful remembrance of thefe 

 infamous men, to whom they think they are 

 indebted for the greater part of their riches. 



Before thefe banditti eftablifhed them- 

 felvcs in the ifland, cattle and llieep were of 

 no value. Rice and various kinds of pro- 

 vifions had no other price than that which 

 was aOixed on them by navigators ; and it 

 even appears, that during the time of their 

 piracy, they Ipent in drunken ncfs and de- 

 bauchery, on their return from every expe- 

 dition, the fruits of dielr long voyages. 



Want of forefight is not uncommon among 



men 



