aSo VOYAGB TO MADAGASCAR. 



have tranfcribed it literally, it was merely 

 becaufe I thought it proper that the moral 

 charader of this adventurer fhould be known- 

 I hope I fhall be pardoned for fo often 

 beftowing upon him that degrading appeJla- 

 tion. Benyow^ki is not condemned by his 

 writings alone; there are ftill greater charges 

 again ft him. 



Efc^iped from the prifons of Kamfchatka* 

 Benyowfki proceeded to China with twenty 

 or thirty prifoners. Scarcely had this ftranger 

 arrived at Canton » when he found among 

 the French there fome individuals, who 

 were fcnfibly affeded hy his misfortunes ; 

 and he obtained from the factors and officers 

 of the Eaft- India Company confiderable 

 affiftance for himfelf, as well as for the peo- 

 ple \vhom he pretended to have under his 

 command. They even did more for him : 

 they engaged M. de St, Hylair^ to take him 

 oil board his fhip, and to convey him wuth 



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