DEDICATION. 
To regulate the future condud of thefe peo- 
ple, and prevent all depredations on the na- 
tives, it will be only neceffary to place fettle- 
inents on the eaftern and wcftern coafis, and 
Citablii'li aline of communication acrofs this 
part of the continent. By thefe means the 
-prefent colonifts would bepreventedfrom ad- 
vancing into the interior, unlefs by pennii'* 
fion of the government, and their conduct 
alwavs fubiecled to the controul of the laws* 
In a few vears the whole mi(>:ht form a rei>:u» 
lar eftablifliiKent, and wilcly condafted, 
would remain for centuries the moft valua- 
ble pofleiiion of the crown of England. 
1 iiayc hitherto, Sir. in the courfe of this 
addrefs, principally confiderccl the fet tie- 
men t of the Cape^ and thoie countries which 
might be fairly obtained from the native 
proprietors, as containing vvitliin themfelves 
<:dl the means neceffary to a moft extcnfive 
and profitable traffick. But as they are fit- 
iiated in the neiiihbourhood of one of the 
hirgeft and fineft iflands in the world, the 
African i^olonies become invaluable. It is 
perhaps unneceflary to obierve, that I mean 
the ifland of Madagaicar. This country, 
which is nearly i,ooo miles in length from 
North to South, and 300 in breadth, is litu- 
ated not 350 miles from the S. coaft of 
Africa, and abounds in cattk^ corn, fjh^ folvly 
, and all thoie animals and vegetables found 
on that continent. 
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