A NATURALIST 

 IN MADAGASCAR 



A Record of Observation Experiences and 



Impressions made during a period of over Fifty Tears' 



Intimate Association 'with the Natives and Study of the 



Animal & Vegetable Life of the Island 



BY 



JAMES SIBREE, F.R.G.S. 



Membre de f Academic Malgache 



AUTHOR OF " THE GREAT AFRICAN ISLAND," " MADAGASCAR ORNITHOLOGY," 



WITH 52 ILLUSTRATIONS 6 s 3 MAPS 



PHILADELPHIA 

 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 



LONDON : SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LTD. 

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