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lessons he had received from the British officers and govern¬ 
ment ; adding, that he was confirmed in the propriety of 
his present plans, and would pursue them with increased 
ardour. 
When Radama went on board the commodore’s barge, he 
requested permission for some of his officers to inspect the 
vessel. Their amazement was unbounded, on seeing what 
to them was so new and incomprehensible, nor was their 
surprise, which bordered upon fear, at all allayed by some 
of the party being attacked with sea-sickness. The atten¬ 
tion of the king was chiefly occupied by the arrival on 
board, of his friend Captain Moorsom, and by the exami¬ 
nation of various charts and drawings. The band, too, 
afforded him great pleasure, and he accepted with delight 
the offer of taking some of his young musicians, for the 
purpose of improvement. In addition to this proposal, 
Commodore Nourse offered to take some Madagascar boys 
on board the squadron, to give them some instruction in 
the duty of mariners. Twenty were subsequently selected 
and distributed amongst his ships. 
On returning to the camp at Majinga, Mr. Hastie again 
visited Andriansolo, and found him very anxious to know 
what arrangements were likely to be made relative to his 
future settlement. He was suffering under great depression 
of spirits, and entreated that the king might be asked not 
to remove him from the banks of the river, as he was very 
fond of fish. 
With the utmost attention to the wants and wishes of the 
chieftain, he was consulted as to the place he would prefer 
for a habitation to be built for him; and the choice he made 
appeared perfectly in keeping with what the Hovas 
regarded as the general features of his character. He 
hesitated not a moment in fixing upon a little stony, uneven 
