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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
Although medical advice was against the return of Mr. 
Jones to Madagascar, yet deeming it his duty to endeavour 
to prosecute the mission there, he resolved upon making 
one more attempt; and, in the ensuing May, made his 
preparations accordingly. It was under an impression of 
the strong claims of that country upon his attention, that 
Mr. Jones respectfully declined an invitation, from the 
church at Port Louis, to become co-pastor with the Rev. 
J. Le Bran, missionary there. At the same time it was 
impossible not to entertain some apprehension, that a con¬ 
stitution, enfeebled by repeated attacks of the Malagasy 
fever, might prove unable to sustain any longer the climate 
of that island. 
It has already been stated, that, during the period of 
the violation of the treaty with Radama, Mons. Roux 
arrived at Bourbon, accompanied by a few emigrants from 
France, with an intention of forming a colony at the island 
of St. Mary. On learning the decision of the governor 
of Mauritius with regard to the non-continuance of the 
treaty, he extended his plans, and induced several other 
persons to connect themselves with his mission. He visited 
Tamatave, and published a proclamation, declaring that 
the French would revive their former trade, and expressing 
great friendship for Radama, for whom he was charged 
with valuable presents, as well as for other powerful chief¬ 
tains on the island. 
Connected with these events, it may deserve notice, that 
General Hall thought it right to send back to Madagascar 
the six youths who had been, by permission of Governor 
Farquhar, placed under instruction at Mauritius in 1817. 
Radama, sometimes afterwards, referring to this circum¬ 
stance, asked, “ Why would not your government at Mau¬ 
ritius permit those boys to be instructed, whom I had sent 
