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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
Governor Farquhar was so well convinced by these pro¬ 
ceedings of the friendly disposition of the chiefs in general, 
that another party was sent, to establish themselves at 
Louquez. As soon as they arrived, the neighbouring chiefs 
voluntarily came forward, and tendered, their friendship and 
alliance ; and considering that the unhappy affair which had 
taken place required more ample amends, they ceded to 
the settlers an extensive tract of land, and large herds of 
cattle, the former being guaranteed to them in a solemn 
kabary, in right of a previous purchase. 
[Many of the events recorded in the foregoing chapters of this volume 
are given on the authority of Rochon and Copland; more particularly the 
latter, whose History of Madagascar is entitled to great credit, as a faithful 
compilation of the leading events recorded by the French writers in relation 
to that island.] 
