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public business, Radama attended the kabary appointed 
for the 14th of November. Here he entered upon a brief 
account of his campaign, and eulogized the services ren¬ 
dered him by Mr. Hastie, in inducing many parts of the 
province to submit voluntarily to his government. He 
told the people that he had enjoined the same laws on 
those new parts of the kingdom, as he had on them, and 
exacted the same taxes as in Xmerina. “The whole island,” 
said Radama, <£ is now mine; it is governed by one king, 
ruled by the same laws, and must perform the same ser¬ 
vice. There are no more wars. Guns and spears may 
sleep. I am the father of the orphan and the fatherless; 
the protector of the widow and the oppressed ; the avenger 
of evils and wrongs; and the rewarder of the good and just. 
Here are soldiers to suppress rebels, should any arise ; 
and to protect you and your children, your lives and your 
property. With regard to yourselves, you must now work, 
cultivate the waste lands, and plant all you can,—rice, 
wheat, barley, manioc, potatoes, cotton, hemp, flax, and 
the newly-introduced silk. Unless you work the soil, you 
will be like this little bullock before you, without father or 
mother, or any one to pity or care for you. Rushes grow 
from the earth, and gold and silver will not be poured down 
upon you from the skies.” 
At the conclusion of this address, the heads of the dis¬ 
tricts came forward, and offered repeated promises of dili¬ 
gence, closing their speeches, as if by concert, with threats 
to have persons and families put into irons, if they would 
not work and attend to their plantations. 
The king, in conclusion, thanked them for the work they 
had done during his absence, in cutting down part of the 
mountain Ambohi-janahary, and carrying wood for the 
erection of his palace. 
