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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
made in the treaty; after ratifying which, he distributed 
several copies of his proclamation in French and English, 
through the different provinces of the island. 
About this time the small-pox was raging extensively 
and fatally at Tananarivo, and Mr. Hastie most opportunely 
introduced vaccine inoculation, which happily was attended 
with very general success. So soon as this calamity, and 
the new remedy employed, had ceased to engross the public 
attention, some plans were taken into consideration for the 
employment of the people, recently withdrawn from their 
former vicious and destructive pursuits. Amongst other 
improvements, the formation of a new road was com¬ 
menced, and implements of European art and labour 
imitated with an exactness reflecting great credit on the 
talent and ingenuity of the natives. 
