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mesures et tyrannie de M. de Mondevergue, 5 etc. (. Lettres de 
Colbert , Pierre Clement, vol. iii., No. 7, pp. 414-417.) The fleet of ten 
ships, under Mondevergue, conveying 1600 to 1700 colonists, includ¬ 
ing thirty-two women, left La Rochelle 14th March 1666, did not 
reach Madagascar until March 1667. 
Pp. 24, 25. Monsieur de Preaux Mercy, Captain in the Royal Navy 
and Envoy of His Majesty . . . who was to carry the orders of the 
King and of the Company to Monsieur de Mondevergue.— 4 Le Roy 
enverra sur le mesme vaisseau [le Saint-Pauf\ une personne in- 
telligente et fidele, avec ses lettres et ordres au sieur de Mon¬ 
devergue. 5 —( Vide Memoire du 8 Mars 1669, loc. cit. supra, p. 422.) 
Captain de Preaux Mercy was this intelligent King’s Messenger 
selected. A fact which has escaped the keen eyes of Pierre 
Clement. 
P. 25. Andravois, near the Province of Anosse. There is a river 
and town Andravoulle, z.<?., Andravolo, marked on Flacourt’s map, 
a short distance to the west of Fort Dauphin. The people of 
Andravolo would be termed Andravois. 
P. 25. Monsieur de Champmargou.—M. La Chaussee de Champ- 
margou had been Military Commandant of the Isle St. Laurent, 
under the former Company, the Societe de VOrient. He had been 
second in command to the Sieur des Perriers, who succeeded de 
Pronis in 1655, under the patronage of the Duke de la Meilleraye. 
P. 25. M. Despinay, Procureur-General.—The Sieur Despinay was 
Procureur general du conseil souverain de Pile Dauphine, and one 
of the accusers of Mondevergue. 4 Puisque Despinay et le secretaire 
ont pu ecrire a l’insQu de M. de Mondevergue. . . . 
4 Les dit sieur Despinay et le secretaire ne parlent pas mesme en 
son nom et l’accusent seulement de foiblesse et de trop de bonte. . . .’ 
Memorie sur Vestatpresent de la Compagnie Orientale. 8 Mars 1669. 
Minute autograph Colbert Lettres. Op. cit . vol. iii., pp. 417-418. 
P. 26. Paralysis from a raging colic.—The malarial fever contracted 
in Madagascar is not seldom followed by paralysis. 
P. 27. Dian.—A Chief or Seigneur. 
P. 27. Andriana.—The Sovereign, the nobles. Vide A New 
Malagasy-English Dictionary , by Rev. J. Richardson. 
Cf. de Flacourt, Histoire de la Grande Isle Madagascar: 4 Dian, 
Andrian , and Andian c’est a dire Monsieur. 5 
P. 29. Hooker.—‘ Hougre. 5 4 Hourque ,’ a hulk ; great hoy, hooker. 
—Burns’ Diet. 4 On sait que le houcre etait un nayire a varangues 
plates, k gros ventre et a cul rond. 5 Vide Early Voyage to 
Australia , by Major; Hakluyt Soc., vol. xxv., 1859. Cf. Pyrard de 
Laval ; Hakluyt Soc., vol. i. note p. 5. Dont la capacite variait de 
60 k 200 tonneaux, qui servait surtout k naviguer le long de scotes. 
Froidevaux, note p. 37. 
P. 29. Letters from the King to M. de Mondevergue. Choice to continue 
his Government or return to France.— 4 Si M. de Mondevergue fait ce 
