192 OLD TINS 



are packed. We were amused during our tour by the evidence 

 of this in different parts of Antsihanaka. It is usual in the 

 Malagasy congregations for a small tin box to be fixed near the 

 door of the church to receive money contributions and " the 

 weekly offering." We found that in some villages old jam tins 

 were employed for this purpose ; in others again sardine boxes 

 were the favourite receptacle for the gifts of the congregation ; 

 while in yet other districts a military feeling was apparently 

 the prominent one, for old powder flasks were suspended from 

 the wall for the Sunday contributions. 



