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CHAP. XVI. 
Maudave appointed to establish a Colony at Fort 
Dauphin — His Vieius on the subject — Design relin¬ 
quished—Probable Reasons—Proposal made to Count 
de Benyoivsky — Sketch of his Life — Arrives in 
France — Receives an Application from the French 
Government respecting a Colony at Madagascar — 
Appointed Governor — Conduct of the Governor and 
Commissary at the Isle of France—Arrives in Mada¬ 
gascar . 
In the year 1 767, Monsieur de Maudave presented 
to the King of France, through his minister the 
Duke de Praslin, a plan for the establishment of a 
colony at Fort Dauphin, which was approved by 
him. From the copy of this document, which we 
have perused, it appears to have been drawn up 
on a liberal and enlightened principle, and was 
well calculated to promote the welfare of the inha¬ 
bitants, as well as to answer the purpose of the 
French government. It was founded on the principle, 
that a purely military establishment would never pro¬ 
duce the desired effect, and that it was only by con¬ 
ciliatory means the attachment of the natives was to 
be gained. “ There is no necessity/’ it says, “ of 
sending troops and squadrons for this conquest, 
nor for transporting a whole society at a great 
