VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



to awaken the fenfibility of the chiefs. Whilft 

 he thus treated them as friends and brothers, 

 he recommended peace and concord to them, 

 in the llrongcft terms ; and gave them to 

 underftand, that the condud of all thofe 

 whites, who fhould not entertain the fame 

 fcntimentft and refpedt for them, would be 

 generally difapproved. The fpeech of M. 

 Poivre, delivered in the Malegache Ian- 

 gijagc by Bigorne, feemed to make more 

 impreffion on the orator than on the a^^em- 

 bly ; and it was only in confequence of the 

 advice given by the former, that the treaty 

 was agreed upon by a general acclamation. 



The conclufion of this treaty was a-mat- 

 ter cf the utmoit importance. The wants 

 of the veffds were urgent : for^ as they con- 

 tained fix hundred men, three oxen a day, 

 with a proportionable quantity of rice, were 

 riece^^ary to fupply them with provifions. 



This treaty was ratified with the utmoft 



folem- 



