328 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



Madagafcar ; and^ at the time when T?a3- 

 killed, he was preparing to drive the French 

 from the ifland, and even to turn their 

 kindnefTes againft themfelves* 



Generous nation, but too eafy to be de- 

 luded, ceafe to give way to that enthufiafm 

 which has involved you in fo many evils* 

 Remember that the Malegaches have ftill to 

 reproach you for abandoning their country 

 to pillage, and to the tyranny of an adven- 

 turer, who was, in every refped, unworthy 

 of the reception with which you honoured 

 him. You enirufled to this foreigner fe- 

 veral miilions of money, and ohjeds of the 

 ulmoft importance. You granted hirn re- 

 wards and marks of diftind:ion referved 

 for your moft zealous defenders ; but what 

 gratitude did he fhew for them ? He took 

 up arms again ft you 5 he fired upon your 

 troops J he plundered your magazines, 

 Jiad net inconfiflency and imprudence pre-, 



fided 



