VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 3II 



" been occaliooed by our dilTenfions, Tliefe 

 *' evils are undoubtedly great j the country 

 ** is kid wafte ; the principal part of the 

 ** villages prefent nothing to the fight but 

 heaps of aflics ; the lands are left unculti- 

 " vated J and a famine has been the necef- 

 fary confequence of all thefe dlforders. 

 *' Peace and tranquillity, hovrever, are about 

 " to bereftored ; the iflandersj more timor- 

 ** ous and fubmifTive^ will apply to agricul- 

 ture ; and will repair thofe misfortunes, 

 ** which they have brought upon themfelves 

 ** by their odious and criminal plot againft 

 a man who knows how to make himfelf 

 ** be feared and refpet^ted. The authority 

 ** with which I am in veiled fhall never lofe 

 ** its force in my hands j I will never fufFer 

 it to be defpifed; I will enforce obedience. 

 *' Every military man muft approve my 

 ** condud:, aqd adopt my principles. The 

 *' whites ought never to irull to the friend- ' 

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