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ANNEXE C. 



(Voir seance du 23 Octobre, page 9). 



Are there any Volcanoes in Madagascar? 



The answer given being doubtful, I made it a 

 point to consult the Annual Magazine published at 

 Antananarivo, from which I gather the following notes 

 on the subject which I have no doubt will interest the 

 Society. 



The Editor of the Antananarivo Annual and Ma- 

 dagascar Magazine, Revd. Mr Baron F. L. S., writes 

 the following account of a holiday he made in company 

 with a friend, in Eastern Imerina (the central province 

 of Madagascar) " while spending a holiday a short 

 " time ago at Ambohidrahrimo, (a village North East 

 " of the Capital) on the borders of the forest of Eastern 

 " Imerina, I went out one day to a spot from which 

 " Mr Wills (a colleague of the Editor) had obtained a 

 " fossil — a beautiful and perfect leaf impression — 

 " from a piece of hardened shale." On a part of the 

 road where there was an embankment, my attention 

 was struck with the slaggy and seoriaceous appearance 

 of the stones that had rolled down on the path. Get- 

 ting out of my palanquin to examine them, I found 

 that they were similar to many of the volcanic pro- 

 ducts seen in Vakin? Aukaratra..., (a province South 

 West of Imerina). I took a specimen with me for 

 examination, . , After about half an hour's ride we came 



