fijS VOyAG£ TO MADAGASCAR, 



fpoonful of their difgufting liquor into a 

 leaf of rm?ent and fwallowed it, with the 

 moft horrid grimaces. Their example was 

 followed by the greater part of thofe who 

 aiBfted at the ceremony : but fome of the 

 Frenchmen contented themfclves with only 

 feigning to do it, notwithftanding the 

 preffiog invitation of Bigorne, who, with- 

 out doubt, believed this ridiculous and dif- 

 agreeabk farce necefiary, if not to the fuc- 

 cefs, at leaft to the foiidity of the treaty, 



Rabefin then proceeded to facnfice the vic- 

 tims ; and a grand feafl, accompanied with 

 dancing, mufic, and fports, terminated, ra- 

 ther in a noify but joyful manner, this cclc' 

 brated^rfWm I have defcribed the ceremo- 

 nies pradifed at this aflfembly in preference 

 to any of thofe at which 1 affifted, merely 

 becaufe it related to affairs of the utmofl: im- 

 portance i and by doing fo I have, I think, 

 attained the end which I ought to have had 



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