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** Belcombe, before his departure for the 

 Bay of Antongil, gave the ftrideft and 

 ** moft precife orders to the officer who 

 " commanded the deEachment^ to maintaia 

 ** difcipline among his troops^ and to put 

 ** a fpeedy end to the uneafmefa and alarms 

 ** of thefe people. 



*' M. de Belcombe and M. Chevreau 

 " made but a very fliort ftay at Foulepointe, 

 *^ As the principal obje£t of their mifiion 

 *^ refpeded Benyowfki's elUblifliment at 

 *' the Bay of Antongil, they proceeded 



thither j and M. de Belcombe appeared 

 ** at the head of the troops, as infpe£lor of 

 ** the French fettle ments in Madagalcar. 



** I accompanied M. de Belcombe and 

 •* M. Chevreau, being ordered by the go- 

 ** vernor of the Ifle of France to attend 

 ** them on this fervice* 



** Benyowlki's audacity aftonlfiied me fo 

 *^ mucli that words can fcarcely exprefs what 



*' I felt. 



