Sugar 
planta¬ 
tions. 
Of things which can be done for the use & advantage 
of the King , of the Company , & Private Indi¬ 
viduals, in the Island of Bourbon or of Mas- 
caregne. 
J f ’tis desirable to establish this Island, ’tis necessary to 
bring people from France to farm the ground, for 
which people Blacks will be needed to cultivate these 
lands & make the necessary works. These Blacks can be 
drawn from the Island of Madagascar, & particularly in 
the Province of Antongil & Galemboulle & their neighbour¬ 
hood, where one finds black Slaves, for whom they nego¬ 
tiate with their masters, who sell them cheaply, for some 
merchandise which is furnish’d to them, either in Corne¬ 
lian, Samesam, Glass Trinkets, or Beads; a Black does not 
cost more than twenty sols in this merchandise of Beads ; 
indeed, for one fathom, provided that it be heavy, one gets 
one Black Slave. It will be needful to take care of these 
Blacks, & to keep them in fear, because of there being 
many, they might make themselves Masters of the Island, 
& kill the French, of whom they must stand in awe. 
Good Sugar plantations cou’d be made in the said 
Island & Indigo works, because Indigo here grows of 
itself. One cou’d also make a quantity of timber good for 
carpentry & planks, which wou’d serve for the refitting of 
Vessels. 
If they had some small Vessels they wou’d lade them 
Vessels. 
