«52 VOYAGB TO MADACASCAl^. 



find La Bigoriie ; and this difappointment 

 g^ve me the more imeafincfs, as he was 

 particularly enjoined to afford me every 

 ^ifTiftance in his power to accompli fh the 

 obje<£l of my miffion. However, after ex- 

 amining the whole environs of Foulepointe, 

 I fet out to J oin him at Mananharre, a ViU 

 lage fituated at the entrance of the bay of 

 Antongil. In my way thither I traverfed 

 the ifland of St, NJary, where I remained 

 as long as was neciiTary for ftudying its 

 different productions j and I did not reach 

 Mananharre till the eighth day after my 

 departure from Foulepointe. 



La Bigorne received me with ev^ry mark 

 of attention, and gave me a variety of in- 

 formation, of which I have been here able 

 to infert only a few ihort extracts. With 

 him I vifited the raofl interefting places in 

 the neighbourhood of the great bay of An- 

 tongil, and with him I faw thofc laftonifhing 



quar- 



