. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. - been able, in thecourse of ten or tAvclve years, to recover the Avhole of hislawful possessions, but has added to them the kingdom ofTung-quin, which anciently belonged to the Kings of Cochi^i-• china. It is said that he has even demanded from the Em-peror of China the cession of the large island of Hai-na?i, notso much for the sake of enlarging the extent of his dominions,as of leaving behind him the fame o
. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. - been able, in thecourse of ten or tAvclve years, to recover the Avhole of hislawful possessions, but has added to them the kingdom ofTung-quin, which anciently belonged to the Kings of Cochi^i-• china. It is said that he has even demanded from the Em-peror of China the cession of the large island of Hai-na?i, notso much for the sake of enlarging the extent of his dominions,as of leaving behind him the fame of having restored to 7. (U„../ //// V 7////cIf (j^yri(ur/ COCHINCHINA. 285 Cochinchina its ancient domains, till the accomplishment ofwhich he is said to have made a vow to Tien never to sitdown in the quiet enjoyment of his conquests ; exemplifyingthe poets observation, that Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days. The progress of his exertions suggests likewise other con-siderations, which are not undeserving of the attention of theBritish government in India. If this Monarch, in the midstof a struggle Avith powerful rebels for the recovery of hiskingdom, and imder the most adverse circumstances, could,in the short period of ten years, find the means of raising andequipping a fleet of 1200 armed vessels, how much more for-midable an armament might the active subjects of Louis prepared in the same country, had the treaty beencarried into effect ? And what may not the present still moreactive government of Fra
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