VtJYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. ^If 



eafier u-^ conquer a colony beloiiging to 



an enemy, than to eftablUh one. I agreed 

 '* 'With him in this idea j and quitted him, 

 ** much aftonifhed at the ccHifidence re- 



pofed by the Frendi mini firry in the 



projetSls of this foreigner. 



** On our arrival at the Ifle of France, 

 ** that colony began to be in want of pro- 

 " vitlons. The refources of Madagafcar 

 *' had ahfolutelv failed. It was neceffarr. 

 " therefore, to fend Ihips to the Cape of 

 ** Good Hope ; and heavy complaints prcr- 

 ** ceeded from every quarter, in order to 

 '* open the eyes of the miniflry refpc^li ng 

 " the mifcondud of Benyowfki.*' 



The journal from which the above av> 

 coimt is ex traded proves, that the cftablilh- 

 ment formed at the Bay of Autongil wa^ 

 not fufccptihlc of being prefer ved. 



At the" time when it was infpeded by M. 

 de Belcombe, M, de Boynes was not mi- 



nifter 



