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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
take the establishment of an iron foundery and a glass 
manufactory. He acceded to the proposal; and it was 
arranged, that, before commencing the foundery, he should 
proceed to England, accompanied by two or three native 
youths, who were not only desirous of visiting this country 
for a season, but had been selected by the government as 
eminently qualified to derive great advantage from a visit 
to the manufactories of Great Britain. 
