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THE MASCARENES 
rapidly increasing in prosperity, was lost, passing into 
the hands of Einrland. 
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After conquering Reunion a strong British fleet made 
its way to the He de France, the resistance of General 
Decaen was overcome, the island had to capitulate on 
the 3rd December, 1810, and has since remained in the 
possession of the English. 
The first Governor of Mauritius—as the island was 
now again called—was that energetic and far-seeing Sir 
Robert Farquhar, whom we have already got to know 
in the history of Madagascar at the time of Radama I. 
