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CHAP. XV. 
Attempt to establish a Colony at St. Marys Isle and 
Foule Point—Monsieur Gosse, assisted by the Princess 
Betie, takes Possession—Accused of Sacrilege — Mas¬ 
sacre of the French—Government of the Isle of France 
retaliates—Peace restored by Betie and Bigorne — 
Celebrated Cabar to establish a Treaty of Commerce 
at Foule Point—Speech of Rabefin—Treaty agreed on 
— Sacrifice—Bigorne appointed Commissioner of Trade 
-—Makes War on John Harre—Recalled and dis¬ 
graced—Death of John Harre , and Return of Bigorne 
to Madagascar . 
Setting aside the influence which the pirates had 
acquired, the island remained free from the domina¬ 
tion of foreigners until the year 1745, when the 
French East-India Company conceived the desire of 
again trying their fortune in establishing a colony 
there, and commissioned Monsieur Gosse to go and 
take possession of the Isle of St. Mary, in the name 
of the Company. 
John Harre was the chief of Foule Point at that 
time. This man was the son of Tamsimalo, who 
was descended from an old pirate and the daughter 
of a powerful chief, and who seized the sovereign 
power upon the death of his father. The reign of 
Tamsimalo was not signalized by any extraordinary 
