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tired to the interior parts of the country ; 

 all commerce was fufpended; and the wants 

 of the Ifle of France required that every 

 method fhould be purfued to revive it. Be- 

 tie, by the great afcendancy fhe had over 

 her brother, being the properefl: perfon to 

 accomplifh this falutary end, flie united, 

 for that purpofe, with Bigorne^ an in- 

 telligent and adive man, who had been a 

 foldier in the fervice of the Eafl-India com* 

 pany. 



In a little time, Bigorne learned the Ma- 

 legache language; and by an open and 

 fteady conduct won the affection of the 

 iflanders. To his care and adivity the co* 

 lony was indebted for the re-eftablifhment 

 of its commerce. Among all the honour- 

 able teftimonies of gratitude which were 

 rendered to him for this fervice ^ the moft 

 diftinguifhed is that of M. Poivre, who, in 

 1758, was aA eye-witnefs to the good con- 



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