234 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



Then ftriking with his knife the points 

 of the two alTagays, which he had dip- 

 ped anto the liquor, he denounced the 

 moft; horrid maledictions and imprecations 

 again ft thofe who fhould infringe the 

 treaty* 



** If the whites," faid he, " break their 

 " oath, may this beverage become poifou 

 **>to them; may thofe hurricanes which 

 ** rufli with fury from the four quarters of 

 " the heavens, fall upon their vefitls ; may 

 " they be fw allowed up by the waves ; and 

 ** may the bodies of thefe wicked men be 

 " torn by the formidable monflcrs which 

 " inhabit the abyfl'es of the fca. 



** Hear, John Harre — ^lillen to the voice 

 " of the powerful genius who itifpires me i 

 ** Should the people of Foulepointe be fo 



biafe and fo worthlefs as to violate this 

 '* folemn treaty, may they perifh by the 

 " fword of the enemy j may their bellies 



" burft ; 



