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which the governor would approve; and on the following 
day the agent, with his diminished party, set off from the 
capital on their return to Tamatave, from whence, after 
many attacks of fever, he sailed for Mauritius. 
Mr. Brady and another British soldier were left behind 
at the capital, by Radama’s particular request, for the 
purpose of instructing his people in European tactics. The 
latter rendered himself odious by his extreme severity; but 
Mr. Brady secured the good-will of the natives, and con¬ 
tinued long to enjoy the esteem both of the people and 
of their sovereign. 
Although no plan for the abolition of the slave traffic had 
yet been matured with Radama, care had been taken 
to explain to him, as opportunity occurred, the unavoidable 
evils of the destructive and depopulating system which had 
been so long pursued, and the incalculably greater value of 
the labour of his people on their own land than of any remu¬ 
neration he could obtain for their sale and transportation. 
Nor was it difficult to render such a view of the case clear 
and comprehensible to a mind like Radama’s, open as it 
was to conviction, capable of reflecting and reasoning, and 
ready to listen to any suggestions not trenching upon, but 
calculated to augment and consolidate, his own resources, 
authority, and independence in the island. 
The two youths, younger brothers of Radama, sent for 
education to Mauritius, were placed under the immediate 
superintendence of Mr. Hastie, with detailed instructions 
on the most enlightened principles carefully drawn up by 
his excellency the governor of Mauritius. In the month of 
July, 1817, they returned to Tamatave, accompanied by 
Mr. Hastie, and were received there by Radama himself, 
who had gone down to the coast at that period with about 
30,000 of his people, partly for the purpose of receiving 
