8 PREFACE 



Madagascar by the author, published some years ago by 

 Mr Fisher Unwin. The author here acknowledges, with 

 many thanks, Mr Fisher Unwin's kindness in giving full 

 permission to produce these, which are, however, rewritten 

 and largely added to. 



J. S. 



NOTE. Throughout this book Malagasy words are accented on 

 the syllables which should be emphasised, and if it is borne in 

 mind that the vowels a, e and i have as nearly as possible the same 

 sound as in French or Italian, and that o is exactly like our English 

 o in do, to and move, and that the consonants do not differ much in 

 sound from those in English, except that g is always hard, s always 

 a sibilant and not like z, and j is like dj there will be no difficulty 

 in pronouncing Malagasy words with a fair amount of accuracy. 



