54^ VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 



La Bigorne j but the pofition of the htter 

 feemed to promife him the moft complete 

 victory, fhould John Harre venture to at* 

 tack him* John Harre, not having fuffi-' 

 cient abilities to judge of his difadvanta* 

 geous fituation, charged the enemy with vi- 

 gour ; but he W3is repulfed in fo terrible a 

 manner that he was obliged to feck fafety 

 by flight. This chief, therefore, who had 

 hitherto been accounted invincible, was 

 overcome merely by the fkilful difpofitioa 

 of a man, who did not appear in the engage- 

 ment, and who was even at fome diftance 

 from the field of battle. 



John Harre, having afterwards learned 

 that La Bigorne directed the movements of 

 the army which had defeated him, obferved, 

 " How could I defend myfelf againft the 

 ** invifible fpirit of a white man who at- 

 ** tacked rae ? But, in order to be revenged, 

 ** 1 will quit Foulepointe, and retire to the 



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