2l3 VOYAGE TO M.ADAGASCAR. 



the deftm£lion of the French was from 

 that moment irrevocably decreed. The 

 iflanders fell upon their eftabliniment, fet 

 fire to aad made a general maiTacre of 

 ks inhabitants. As foon as this fatal event, 

 •which took place on Ghriftmas eve 1754, ^03 

 known at the Ifle of France, an armed vef- 

 fel received orders to proceed to the entrance 

 of port St. Mar)% and to punifh the iflanders 

 with the utmoft feverity. The pnnifhment 

 infli£led on them was indeed terrible j a 

 number of villages were burnt, and feveral 

 large piroguas filled with the natives were 

 funk* That in which the widow of Tarn* 

 fimalo embarked, made ftrong efforts to gain 

 the Bay of Anton gil, and to efcape from the 

 boats fent in purfuit of her ; but in fpite of 

 every exertion they got near enough to fire 

 upon it. Tamfimalo's widow was killed ; 

 feveral gf thofe who accompanied her 

 ihared the fame fate ; and the reft, among 



whom 



