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districts, and, having distributed presents amongst 
them according to the custom of the country, the 
governor had the satisfaction of seeing them return 
perfectly contented with the treatment they had ex¬ 
perienced from him. 
The fatigues which the governor had undergone 
in the late campaign, added to his anxiety of mind, 
occasioned by the malevolent and harrassing conduct 
of the government of the Isle of France, preyed upon 
his health, and at length reduced him to such a state 
of weakness, as obliged him to place the command in 
the hands of Captain Malendre, with full directions 
how to act in case of his death. He also obtained 
written testimonials of an entire approbation of his 
conduct during the whole time he held the command. 
This document, which is recorded in his memoirs, 
is highly honourable to his character, and remains 
an unanswerable argument against the calumnies 
which certain French writers have heaped upon his 
memory. 
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