12 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIV 



PAQB 



ROUND ANTSIHANAKA ..... 173 



Object of the Journey My Companions The Antsihanaka 

 Province Origin of the People Anjozorobe " Travellers' 

 Bungalow " A Sunday there " Our Black Chaplain " The 

 " Stone Gateway " Ankay Plain Ants and Serpents Hair- 

 dressing and Ornaments Todka Drinking Rice Culture 

 Fragrant Grasses The Glory of the Grass Their Height 

 Capital of the Province We interview the Governor Flowers 

 of Oratory The Market Fruits and Fertility A Circuit of the 

 Province Burial Memorials Herds of Oxen Horns as Symbols 

 Malagasy Use of Oxen A Sihanaka House Mats and Mat- 

 making Water-fowl Their Immense Numbers Teal and 

 Ducks The Fen Country Physical Features of Antsihanaka 

 The Great Plain Amparafaravola Hymn-singing Sihanaka 

 Bearers "Wild -Hog's Spear" Grass Dinner with the 

 Lieu tenant-Governor " How is the Gun ? " Volcanic Action 

 Awkward Bridges Fighting an Ox Occupations of the 

 People Cattle-tending Rice Culture Fishing Buds 



CHAPTER XV 



LAKE SCENERY . . . . . . 193 



The Alaotra Lake Lake Scenery A Damp Resting-place 

 Shortened Oratory We cross the Lake An Ancient and 

 Immense Lake The Crocodile Mythical Water-creatures A 

 Pleasant Meeting " Manypoles " Village A Sihanaka Funeral 

 Treatment of Widows A Village in the Swamp Unlucky 

 Days and Taboos Madagascar Grasses We turn Homewards 



CHAPTER XVI 



LAKE ITASY ...... 2O8 



Old Volcanoes Lake Itasy Distant Views of it Legends as 

 to its Formation Flamingoes Water-hens Jacanas Other 

 Birds Antslrabe Hot Springs Extinct Hippopotami >/ 

 Gigantic Birds Enormous Eggs 



CHAPTER XVII 



VOLCANIC DISTRICT . ... . ... . . 215 



Crater Lake of Andraiklba Crater Lake of Trltrlva Colour of 

 Water Remarkable Appearance of Lake Legends about it 

 Its Depth View from Crater Walls Ankaratra Mountain Lava 

 Outflows An Underground River Extinct Lemuroid Animals \/ 

 Graveyard of an Ancient Fauna The Palaeontology And 

 Geology of Madagascar Volcanic Phenomena The Madagascar 

 Volcanic Belt Earthquakes A Glimpse of the Past Animal 

 Life of the Island 



