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retire, and many came to the French camp, who were 
kindly received, and supplied with provisions. 
Although reduced to a small number, the remainder 
of the enemy held out a fortnight longer, in expecta¬ 
tion of being joined by a body of Seclaves ; where¬ 
upon the governor determined to attack them, which 
was done, and without causing any great destruction 
of human life, they were completely dispersed. 
The war being thus terminated, and the province 
of Antimaroa * being, by the expulsion of the Saphi- 
robai, uninhabited and uncultivated, proposals were 
made to the Sambarives to take possession of it. 
This was readily acceded to, and a cabar was held 
for the division of the conquered lands. The lands 
on the right branch of the river Tingballe were given 
to the Sambarives, and those on the left were kept 
for the establishment. Hearing that the Saphirobai 
were wandering in the woods, and subsisting upon 
roots, because the chiefs of the other provinces would 
not receive them, commissioners were sent to the allies, 
intreating them to admit, and assist them with pro¬ 
visions, provided they renounced their designs against 
the establishment. This had the desired effect. 
The allies were now sent home to their different 
* Antimaroa is a small province or district within that of 
Manghabei, situated at the northern extremity of the Bay of 
Antongil. We ought to have remarked before, that, besides 
the provinces enumerated in the second chapter of this work, 
there are many smaller ones, within the former, and subject to 
the same princes, but internally governed by their own chiefs. 
