. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . sts are well made, & havethe legs very slender. There are some which have nothorns, & others which have them only attachd by theskin: they call them Bourys; these Bourys, not havinghorns to defend themselves with, bite like dogs. The flesh of these beasts is as well tasted as those ofEurope: in all the Oriental countries theres not as goodmeat as in the Island of Madagascar. The Cows are different to those in Europe; for theyhave no milk but when they have Calves
. The voyages made by the sieur to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72 . sts are well made, & havethe legs very slender. There are some which have nothorns, & others which have them only attachd by theskin: they call them Bourys; these Bourys, not havinghorns to defend themselves with, bite like dogs. The flesh of these beasts is as well tasted as those ofEurope: in all the Oriental countries theres not as goodmeat as in the Island of Madagascar. The Cows are different to those in Europe; for theyhave no milk but when they have Calves, thus they makevery little butter in the said Island. I insert here something of an expedition made byMonsieur de Champmargou in the year 1668 to theresidence of one namd Rahessaf, Chief of a Provinceneighbouring to that of Hayfouchy of which I havespoken, from what I have said of Hayfouchy one canjudge of the quantity of beasts which theres in theIsland. In the year 1668, the French Residents in the Islandbeing short of provisions & cattle, they sought means toremedy this ; so twas resolvd that war should be made. 1671] of the Island Daupkine, &c. 65 against Rahessaf, enemy of the French, & who was mostredoubtable in the country, he having previously defeatda Party of French. Twas for this reason that Monsieurde Champmargou left the province of Anosy, accompanydby 145 French & by five to six thousand Blacks; theywent on to the Territory of Rahessaf, who awaited theFrench with an army of eleven to twelve thousand men ;they met & were sometime encampd one near the otherwithout doing anything, until the Sieur de Champmargouseeing that a large part of the Blacks in his Army weredemoralizd & sought to flee, he resolvd to give advisd the Blacks of it & told them that they were toprepare themselves to fight on that day. To which theyreplyd that they did not wish to fight that day, becausethat their Oily had told them that if they fought thatsame day they would all be killd.
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