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British, as all the governor of Mauritius had done, had 
been sanctioned by the sovereign. To which the king 
replied, that he was ardently desirous to receive the friend¬ 
ship of the English, and would discuss the subject again 
on the following day. 
In the mean time, however, he recurred to the subject 
more than once; and the second time observed, that the 
trial he had made of English faith had occasioned the 
death of more persons than Mr. Hastie was aware of, as the 
punishment of his kinsman Andriamanalino and his family, 
whom he had ordered to be executed for infringing the 
treaty, did not deter others from carrying on the trade; 
and that in every instance with which he was acquainted, 
during sixty-four days after the time had expired that had 
been agreed upon for Mr. Hastie’s return, the culprits had 
invariably been punished in the same manner as those were 
before Mr. Hastie left the place. 
On the following day Mr. Hastie went by invitation to 
spend the forenoon w r ith an old man who had been the 
king’s first instructor, and who still maintained great influ¬ 
ence in his councils, and a high place in his esteem. 
Mr. Hastie entered upon the purport of his visit, and for 
some time he was listened to with attention; but at last 
the old man remarked, that the purport of all his visitor 
had said was but a repetition of what had induced him in 
the first instance, in 1817, to advise the king to give to 
the matter proposed, the trial which had been attended 
with the worst and most lasting consequences, as the result 
of that attempt precluded the possibility of his renewing it. 
He then added, “ The blood of those who suffered, has so 
deeply stained the English character, that it will not easily 
be washed away. I believe you speak with sincerity, but 
all that can be advanced by you will not be able to effect 
