VOYAG-E' TCr MADAGASCAR, 227' 



** A large Tfeffel which touched lierc^'krf* 



yi^at was in the moft urgent want of pro- 

 " vifibtis, without having effed:s neceffafy to 

 '^^piirchafe them. The merchants of Foule- 

 " pointe, however, foppHed the crew with 

 '* oxen and rice^ and at the fame price at 

 " which they cduld have bought them for 

 " ready money. 



" They promifed to fend us payment by 

 " the firll vefTel which fliould come from 

 " the Ifle of France; Since that period 



tivelve have arrived ; but they all refufcd^ 

 ** to pay this ju ft debt. 



" Will you now fay, Bigorne, that the 

 " people of Foulepointe have behaved dif- 

 *' honeftly to the French ? 



"Will you fay^ alfo, that, in giving a 

 " trade-muflcet in exchange for an ox, you 

 " pay too dear ? 



** Will you fay that two yards of blUe 

 ** cloth is the juft value of a meafure of rice, 

 Qjj ** weigh- 



