Excerpt from Madagascar, or Robert Drury's Journal, During Fifteen Years' Captivity on That Island: And a Further Description of Madagascar by the Abbe Alexis Rochon Our squadron sailed from St. Helens, in company with the latter, on the 15th of April, 1759. In the chops of the Channel, our two fleets separated to pursue our respective destinations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.