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expense: better arms, and better means, will promote 
this establishment without expending much money. 
It is only by the force of example, morals, religion, 
and a superior policy, that we propose to subdue 
Madagascar. The society there is already formed, 
and nothing is necessary but to invite it to us, and to 
direct it according to our views, which can meet with 
no obstacles, as they will interest the Madegasses 
themselves by the advantage of a reciprocal exchange.” 
Upon this principle, he proposed, that as soon as he 
had in some measure secured a footing amongst the na¬ 
tives, by a short residence at Fort Dauphin, the prin¬ 
cipal seat for colonization should be transferred from 
that place to Franchere, a beautiful village, which lies 
on the banks of the river of the same name, at the 
distance of three leagues from Fort Dauphin. This 
river is navigable for small ships, twenty leagues from 
its mouth; and not far from the sea is the lake of 
Amboule, which we have before described. 
At this spot he proposed to establish his colony 
for the sole purposes of trade, and on the prin¬ 
ciple of mutual advantage. And had such an 
establishment been formed when the French first 
went to Madagascar, there is not a doubt but that 
it would have succeeded. But the many acts 
of aggression, which the French had committed, 
had disgusted the natives: they remembered, and 
highly resented, the cruelty they had experienced; 
and, whatever professions might be made by Mon¬ 
sieur Maudave, they were too jealous of their liberty, 
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