VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 2Z^ 



** and to coaftrud houfes, have we not 

 . ** gone to the forefts to procure timber ne* 

 ** ceiTary for that purpofe. 



** Have thofe -who came hither before 

 " you, Bigorne, or thofe who are here now, 

 *^ ever had any caufe of complaint againft 

 " us ? Have they not drawn water from 



our fountains ? Have they not cut down 

 '* the trees of ourforefts, without any man 

 ** at Fonlepointe aflcing tliem — why do 



you fo ? The people in the foutli, as 

 ** well as tliofe in the north, and more 

 " recently ftill thofe of St, Mary, raafTacred 



the French, and made war upon them ; 

 ** but thofe of Foulepointe never attacked 

 ** any of them ; on the contrary they have 

 ** given them every affiftance in their power, 

 " and they have at all times teftilkd their 

 ** kindnefs and friend fhip towards them. 



** Are the chiefs at Foulepointe then 

 ** lefs powerful than their neighbours ? 



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