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and contempt were personally bestowed upon him, in 
order to lessen him in the eyes of the colonists* ; in 
consequence of which, some of the officers appointed 
to accompany him resigned, and others were chosen, 
whose character gave him the greatest uneasiness. 
However, having made up his complement of men, 
and as much of the necessary supplies as Messrs. 
Tournay and Maillart were disposed to grant him, he 
set sail for Madagascar on the 2d of February, 1774, 
and arrived at the Bay of Antongii, in that island, on 
the 14th of the same month. 
* “ I learned that some part of my troop were seduced by 
other regiments, and that some of my volunteers had already de¬ 
serted ; and that the disadvantageous observations on our expe¬ 
dition had been urged with such malice and success, that part of 
my officers had pretended sickness, with a view to delay their 
departure for Madagascar. I understood, likewise, that the 
chiefs of the Isle of France had sent emissaries to Madagascar, 
to the king Hyavi, and other chiefs, to warn them that I was 
come to deprive them of their liberty, and that I had no other 
intention than to impose the yoke of slavery on the whole 
island.”— Benyowsky's Memoirs , Vol. II. p. 111. 
