VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 2S3 



exhaufted all the refources of the moft im- 

 pudent impofture to give hirafelf a ftiil 

 greater air of eonfequence ^ and by the moft 

 ridiculous bravadoes impofcd even on his 

 companions in misfortune. He openly de- 

 clared hi mfclf to be their chief ; his orders 

 were pundiually executed: he ever afterwards 

 commanded as a mafler, and they behaved to 

 ,hira with the obfequioufnefs of fiaves. None 

 but thofe who w^ere gentlemen durft fpeak to 

 him. This is a certain fa£t. I was told it 

 by M. de St. Hylaire and his officers. 



The honours fo prudently paid to Beny- 

 owfki, while they flattered his pride, pre- 

 fer ved tranquillity and good order iu the 

 fhip> Subordination, fo neceffary for the 

 fafety of navigators, was not interrupted by 

 this dangerous man ; and, at length, after 

 a fhort and favourable pafTage, they ar- 

 rived at the Ifle of France. Much praife is 

 certainly due to the wife and cautious con- 

 dud 



