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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
inutility of remaining, and the entire failure of Mrs. Free¬ 
man’s health ever since her return from England to Mada¬ 
gascar. 
On the 18th of June, 1835, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, 
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Chick, left the capital, 
and reached the coast in safety, where they embarked for 
Mauritius; Messrs. Cameron and Chick proceeding to the 
Cape of Good Hope, whither they were followed by Mr. 
and Mrs. Freeman, who subsequently proceeded to England. 
Mesrs. Cameron and Chick still remain in South Africa, fol¬ 
lowing their respective callings; the former at Cape Town, 
the latter at Betheldorp, one of the Missionary stations. 
Messrs. Johns and Baker accompanied their friends for 
a short way towards Tamatave, and then returned with 
sorrowing hearts to the capital, determining, in dependence 
on the protecting care of their heavenly Father, to remain 
as long as possible with the afflicted and persecuted 
Christians. Mr. Baker laboured with great assiduity at the 
press, and in the course of the summer finished the second 
part of the Dictionary, viz. the Malagasy and the English. 
Mr. Johns was employed in superintending the schools, and 
preparing other useful works in the language; Mr. and 
Mrs. Griffiths and family left the island on the 27th of 
August, and proceeded to England, leaving only Messrs. 
Johns and Baker, who expected soon to be under the 
necessity of following them. 
The expressions of good-will towards the Missionaries 
on their departure, and the facilities afforded by the 
government for their journey to the coast, arose from no 
change of feeling favourable to the Christians. The bitter 
enmity of their heathen rulers was shown, in the avidity 
with which they seized every occasion affording the slightest 
