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Governor Hall, had relinquished further intercourse with 
the chieftains of Madagascar, that he refused to pay the 
equivalent stipulated by Governor Farquhar, and intended 
to recall the agent stationed at the capitaL A letter from 
the governor at Mauritius was at the same time presented 
with much formality to Mr. Hastie by a deputation of the 
slave-dealers , recalling him from Madagascar. The depu¬ 
tation, having delivered the letter, put the taunting question, 
Who, did he think, possessed the purer sense of honour— the 
enlightened English , or the savage Radama ? 
Unwilling to withdraw his confidence in the veracity and 
honourable feeling of the British, Radama gave no credit to 
reports of the violation of the treaty, until he obtained 
evidence of a more satisfactory nature than that conveyed 
to him by slave-dealers. Mr. Hastie found, however, on 
reaching Mauritius, that the representations were but 
too true, and his worst fears were more than realized. 
His nation was dishonoured, and incalculable evils, for 
which he had no present remedy, was inflicted on the 
Malagasy. 
His excellency, Governor Farquhar, having contemplated, 
not merely the civilization of Madagascar, but the introduc¬ 
tion of Christianity, had encouraged the directors of the 
London Missionary Society in their desire of commencing a 
mission there; and two Missionaries, Messrs. Jones and 
Bevan, had been sent from England in February, 1818. In 
July of the same year, about a month after Mr. Hastie’s re¬ 
turn to Mauritius, they reached Port Louis, with letters of 
introduction to Governor Farquhar from Lord Bathurst, his 
majesty’s secretary of state for the colonies, and from the 
directors of the Missionary Society. It has already been 
stated that Sir R. Farquhar had sailed for England, and that 
General Hall, who was the acting governor at the time 
