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confequences that would enfuc from fuch 

 a plan, it will appear aftoniiliing that it has 

 been fo long negleded. 



If I have allowed myfelf to pafs over in 

 filence the long ferics of war which from 

 that epoch never ceafed to defolate the 

 northern part of Madagafcar, I cannot help 

 obferving, that the pirates alone kindled up 

 araongft ihefe iflanders the flames of dif- 

 cord ; and,' at the fame time, conciliated 

 the affeaions of the Antavarres and the 

 Manivoulefe, as well as that of the Bctha- 

 llmenes. 



After this, the Europeans no longer dif- 

 dained to feek their protedion, The pub- 

 lic fale of prifoners ferved to foment the 

 flames of their hatred and vengeance ; and 

 thefe two fcourges united fct no other 

 bounds to their ravages than the entire depo- 

 pulation of an ifland J celebrated by its extent 

 and prodigious fertility. What a number of 

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