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his character, and high situation, to act in such a manner 
as would obtain for him the title of killer of chiefs, which 
appellation he would most probably be known by, even in 
distant countries, if he sought the life of Andriansolo, 
now, when so great a part of the people of Iboina had 
sworn allegiance to him. Radama stated many reasons in 
his own defence, but Mr. Hastie pressed him so closely 
on the point of his own honour and moral dignity, as an 
enlightened prince, that at last he consented to annul the 
offer of a premium for the person of the chief, and to try what 
effect the offer of security for his person would have on 
bringing him to a state of submission. 
When Radama’s army first entered the province of 
Iboina, he issued an order that the most trifling trespass 
or theft should subject the offender to the pain of death ; 
and, for some weeks, no complaint of this kind had 
been made, when, on the 4th of July, three men were 
charged with having stolen, in the town, articles to the 
value of about a quarter of a dollar. On their trial before 
the general officers, one man was charged with being the 
leader of the party; and, having confessed his guilt, he 
received sentence of death, and was shot on the beach at a 
little distance from the town. 
As there was but too much reason to suspect that both 
Hussian and Andriansolo had acted under the influence of 
the traders with whom they were connected, Mr. Hastie 
fixed upon a Moorish merchant, of the name of Abdalla, as 
his agent and guide in the discovery of the latter, and, 
with much persuasion, supported by representations of 
Radama’s influence and power, at last induced him to 
consult with some of the friends of the rebellious chief¬ 
tains, and to bring them to an audience with Mr. Hastie, pre¬ 
paratory to farther amicable negociations between the parties. 
