208 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



villages, and had flocked in great numbef I 

 towards the place where the pirates livedo 

 with a view of procuring different articlea 

 of commerce, which they confidered either 

 a& ufeful or convenient* They particularly 

 fought for the beautiful fluffs of Indiji,' 

 Mafulipatara handkerchiefs, muflins, and 

 feme other knids of goods of lefs value, 

 The inhabitants on the fea coaftj knowii 

 under the name of Antivarres and Mani- 

 voulefe, beheld thefe ft rangers amdngft 

 them with great pleafure j and they would 

 have thought themfelves deficient both in 

 that hofpitality and aflfedion which they 

 owed to the pirates, had they in the leaft 

 interrupted their cornmerce, or prevented 

 them from proiuring fucli cattle and pro* 

 vifions a$ were necelTary for viduailing 

 their fhips. 



The Bethalimenes, who are a more eco- 

 nomical and courageous people than the 



An- 



