VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 229 



" whites endeavour to heap up the rice, by 

 *' knocking on the bottom of the meafure, 

 ** in order to increafe its contents : they 

 ** will not fuffer the meafure to be heaped 

 ** as heretofore* 



This obfervatlon made the aflembly fmile. 



*' An ox fhall no longer be given in 

 *' exchange for a paltry trade-fufee : a good 

 ** foldier's mufket fliall be the price of an 

 « ox, . 



** A piece of blue cloth fliall contain two 

 " yards, according to the ancient meafure* 



** The bambou of powder fliall be increaf* 

 ** ed in fuch a manner, that three bambous 

 *' Iball contain an hundred charges for a 

 ** muiket* 



** The people of Foulcpointe, who fen^e 

 ** the whites in quality of fcuilwm^ or do- 

 ** meftics, fhall receive a trade-fufee as 

 ** wages for thirty days fervlce,'* 



After this» the orator addrelTaig the chiefs 

 0^3 and 



