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was to immediately quit a country where 

 his adventures and travels excited no enthu- 

 fiafm. The more he prolonged his ft ay the 

 lefs refped was paid to him. On his de- 

 parture for France he threw afide the name 

 of Baron d'Akdar, under which he had hi- 

 therto appeared, and aflTumed that of Count 

 de Benyowfki : but what is highly worthy 

 of remark is, that, at this epoch, he publicly 

 announced that he was going to folicit in 

 France the general government of the ifland 

 of Madagafcan 



This new gafconade occafioned much 

 amufement, and excited no alarm. One 

 muft have had a forefight more than human 

 to dread that a hope, in all appearance fo 

 chimerical, IKould one day be realifed. I 

 can, therefore, fafely affert, that words are 

 not fufficient to exprefs thofe fenfations of 

 uneafinefs and furprifc vchich filled the 

 minds of the whole colony, when they 



learned 



