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lst, the Wallia. This is a large dry bamboo cane, on the 
surface of which are stretched light cords, that are drawn up 
by pieces of calabash, called Kapilla. This instrument imi- 
tates well the sound of the guitar, and is capable of some 
improvement. 2d, the Lukañga, which is a half calabash 
that produces an uniform sound by means of a single string 
that is attached to it. 
The Huwa have a kind of game that they call Kathra, 
and which bears some resemblance to Backgammon, being a 
board with thirty-two holes, and played with the seeds of 
the Guilandina Bonduc.  Bull-fights are not uncommon 
among them, and throwing stones at a mark, for the prize 
of a hen, is a daily amusement. The custom of chewing 
tobacco is one ofthe greatest luxuries of both sexes; but rarely 
are they seen to smoke, because one of their former kings 
forbade it; they also often used hemp for the same purpose. - 
Among the inhabitants of Emerina may be enumerated 4 
different castes. 1, The Royal Family; 2, the Nobles; 3, 
the Huwa; 4, the Blacks. Each of these remains distinct, 
and they cannot mingle; a woman of the white Huwa popu- 
lation, who should intermarry with a black, would be imme- 
diately reduced to slavery, and so on. Thus, too, the people 
are divided from the nobility, among which no merit or 
services can enable them to rank; they may obtain rewards 
and employments, but can never class with the nobles, who 
trace their origin from the ancient kings, and therefore bear 
the title of Andrien-dahi, regal men. The King’s Blacks, 
called Dzieron-dahi, are the chief prop of the crown. í 
Among all the natives of the vast island of Madagascar, 
the Huwa are the only race which can approximate to Euro- 
peans, as to arts and manufactures; but it is to be regretted 
that they will only work to supply their own immediate wants. 
They weave very fine stuffs of silk and cotton, of which the 
designs and colours, which latter are extracted from the bark 
of trees, surprise a foreigner, and all this labour is accom- 
plished by the women. After clearing the cotton from the 
seeds, they weave it by hand with a spindle, and fasten the 
thread to two pieces of wood, which they stick into the 
