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30. — Maposepana 



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Ny fiboahan' ny maroserana amboalohany alaon' ny sasany ho Zaflmfzara, ny 

 sasany koa Misara. Ka misy aza firazarian' olo ataon' ny Maroserana longony tokoa, la 

 ny Misnra, olo mandranitse sofin' aombe tahak' i Maroserana koa. Fa ny sofin' aoniben' 

 i Maroserana, laha mbo tsy nambelany mikopokopoke avao, no atao hoe mirnngo^ ka 

 mirani-droe alao lefo. 



Ny Maroserana Menabe no anaky Maroserana Mahafaly. Ravoamena, nipanjaka 

 mahafaly ro razaben' ny mpanjaka iaby eto Menabe. 



Ravoamena niterake an' i Ravaofoty ndrake i Bararatavokoke. Bararatavokoke 

 niterake an' i Vokoketsimibabe, ndrake Andriamandazoala. Vokoketsimibabe niterake 

 an' i Andriantsionda ndrake Andriambarindry. Ka nandeha roze nienga Mahafaly ane, 

 Andriantsjonda nandeha tane Bara ka nifitake Antsiately. Andriambarindry nandeha 

 nanavaratse Mailake, ka Andriamandazoala nandeha Mangoke, ka nifitake ntse ao 

 Isarimpioke, Nandeha koa nifitake an-Kilimitahy, ka bak' eo avy Ambenge mariny Sa- 

 kalava. 



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Nalany iaby ny tany, ka nalaky nanjaka fa olo vokatse, olo soa. Bak' eo ro 

 nihavian' ny aiiaran' olo hoe sakalava, fa laha nandeha nanafike, tinondron' olo hoe : 

 Ireo bak' anTsAKALAVA ireo : Sakalava ireo ; ka rekitse ny auara. Ka tahake ny '' ma- 

 sikoro" nanavaratse, nanatimo koa ny " sakalava, " ka nanjary anaran' ny olo iaby 

 railafike aniin' Bongolava ka mariandrefa, pak' i Onelahy ka avy Boeny. 



Anan'i Andriamandazoala i Ratsiranto, ritahhia: ANDRIAMIZARA^naieraky 

 Mangavola. Noho Rahiala, fitahina: ANDRIAMANDRESY, nateraky Ravolamahane- 



nitse. 



Roze roe lahy mileve Ambenge ka mbo ao ny harankany. Zay i Rahiala, fa no 



olo mahery ka nampanjakain' i rainy. 



Mate fola-defo laha nialy lamin' ny an-tanandro hoe ie. LAHIFOTY no anany. 

 Fa olo masiake ine, ka namono andrenilahiny : Andriamaharara, ka helofandrainy. 

 Nolay nanavaratse ane, ka laha avy Manja nihevitse hipetrake. Ah, hoy n' ombiasany, 



mariny andrainao loatse io. 



Nandeha koa avy Maharivo. Mbo mariny loatse hoy n' ombiasany. — Avy 



Mahabo vao nipetraka, ka tao Maneva ro nataony foto-pipetraha, ka nilevenany. 



An-tanandro koa teo Mahabo ndrake Iranomena ; ny mety mifaly aze nambe- 

 lany, ny sasany koa nolay. 



* Tamin' ny androny no nitolian' ny Dabadi ndrake Digasy ka nanday basy. 

 Laha fa nahazo basy Ilahifoty nanafike atsimo, nanafike avaratse, nanafike antinana 

 nimpoly Midongy, ka tongany iaby ny tany bak' ane Mangoke ka pak' i Mailake aiie. 



Matseroke no anaran' nv valibeny, sakoambe no razanan' io ampela io. 



Ny firazanan' olo nindry tamin' ny Maroserana nandoake Menabe no: Andria- 

 mbe, ndrasily, vangovato, hirijy, maromena, misara, sakoambe, etc. 



Ny olo eto Menabe amin' ny fiaviany bakatimo nisy maro karazany ayao : 

 Andriake : Vezo noho vazimba, amin' ny ala be karaza-mikea sambihafa, amin' ny 

 tane misokasokatse antety : antanandro nambole vare. 



Ireo iaby ireo hifaly ampanjaka maroserana, ka nomempanompoa. Vazimba 



