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Identifier: voyagesmadebysie00dubo (find matches)
Title: The voyages made by the sieur D.B. to the islands Dauphine or Madagascar & Bourbon or Mascarenne in the years, 1669, 70, 71 & 72
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Du Bois, sieur Oliver, Samuel Pasfield, 1838-1907
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Publisher: London : Printed for D. Nutt by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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which, having Blacks per- r & form the assurd la Hayfouchy of the friendship of the French, he Mitave, , t they make made reply that he did not fear any person as long as thegestures &> French were his friends, & that also, on his side, he wouldwL^they serve them with all that was in his possession. Desbrossesfight stayd some time at la Hayfouchys residence, from whom he purchasd two hundred horned beasts, Oxen & Cows,of which he had more than six score thousand, withoutThis rHay- counting other animals, such as sheep, goats & pigs. This fouchy . breeds Pigs number of cattle is large to belong to a single man. At them, con- length Desbrosses, wishing to return home, informd la ^usYomof6 Hayfouchy of this, who prayd Desbrosses to assure *Cwntry!hU Messrs. de Mondevergues & de Champmargou of the friendship which he had for the French, & that he had nothing which was not at their service. He gave to Sieur Desbrosses many Oxen as a present, which he meant as
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WOMAN OF ANTAISAKA TRIBE. 1671) of the Island Dauphine, &c. 51 much for the Company & Monsieur Mondevergues as forthe Sieur Desbrosses. He sent also fifty fine chosen Oxento Monsieur de Champmargou, & gave some Blacks tobring these animals to the French headquarters. From Fort Dauphin to la Hayfouchys home tis morethan one hundred & fifty leagues by land. He had for along time Frenchmen with him; & he often sent some ofhis people as an embassy to the French at Fort Dauphin,with presents. All the Natives of the said Island are not very black inbody; numbers of them are tawny-colourd & mulattoes ;they are very well made. The men go naked, except that their privy parts are HaUii-hidden by a morsel of cloth or stuff, in breadth onequarter, & of one ell & a half to two ells in length, whichthey gird around the loins, passing between their legs tocover their nakedness ; they also cover themselves withrobes of silk, or of cotton, or of cloth, each according to
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