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that their children should become the property of others* 
and he was not going too far in begging that the king would 
not set up his own judgment against all the sovereigns of 
the world, as he alone continued the inhuman traffic, and 
by this blot upon his character prevented his intercourse 
with more enlightened people. 44 Stop the slave-trade,” 
continued Mr. H., 64 and you will have people of every 
nation visiting your country. The Isle of France is not 
peopled by French and English alone; there you will find 
people from every quarter of the world, because our king 
and constitution protect all equally.” 
A long silence ensued, after which Mr. Hastie begged 
to state that Governor Farquhar would receive Radama’s 
free subjects for instruction, and had ordered his agent to 
say that he would send the king some good artificers with 
their tools; but it must be Radama’s act alone that would 
induce clever men to settle in his country, and improve his 
people, as the Society that sent out Mr. Jones from London 
for the instruction of the people of Madagascar, would send 
other persons not exclusively confined to religious views 
and general education, but who would also teach arts and 
trades. 
The subject was at length explained to the assembly, 
and, when done a second time, was received with unbroken 
silence. At length, however, Rafaralahy spoke, for the pur¬ 
pose of bringing forward some objections which had occurred 
to him since the former meeting; and these being met by 
very satisfactory statements on the part of the British agent, 
the meeting broke up at a late hour, with evidently more 
favourable feeling towards a renewal of the treaty. 
On the day after the kabary, Mr. Hastie, following his 
object with his indefatigable perseverance, requested an 
audience with two of the king’s ministers, whom he addressed 
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