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Moorsom, “ took with him his 13,000 disciplined troops as 
a medium of conversation not likely to prove very satis¬ 
factory to the other party.” 
During his northern expedition, the king reinforced 
several military stations previously formed, and appointed 
some new posts. After advancing to the northern ex¬ 
tremity of the island, he commenced his journey homeward 
by Antsianaka. 
On this journey he ordered an attack to be made on the 
village situated on the lake Anosisaka in Antsianaka. As 
the rain fell in torrents at the time, the muskets of the 
soldiers, and some pieces of cannon they were conveying on 
rafts, were rendered useless in the engagement. The enemy 
poured down upon Radama’s troops, and part of them fled, 
but the rest sustained the shock, and proved victorious. 
The leader in the flight was afterwards tried by military 
law, and condemned to be burned. General Brady on this 
occasion, actuated by motives of humanity, ventured to 
oppose the execution of the sentence, and proposed that 
the criminal should be shot. For which interference he 
incurred the displeasure of the king, and was dismissed 
from service, and held in disgrace for the space of a year. 
The sentence of burning was executed, and the relations of 
the sufferer had the melancholy satisfaction of obtaining 
permission to bury his ashes in the family vault. 
Some time previous to this, the king had allowed a space 
of six months to the chiefs of Iboina, to consider whether 
they would voluntarily submit to him or not, under a threat 
that he would invade and subdue them by force, unless 
they acknowledged him within that period. Prince Rataffe 
had left the capital about the time of the king’s departure 
for the coast, and during his march had encroached upon 
the terms offered by Radama to the Iboina chiefs. Before 
