THE VAZIMBA 227 



2 No rocks of the Primary formations have been discovered 

 in Madagascar, nor does it seem probable that any exist. 



3 The Vazimba, the supposed earliest inhabitants of the 

 interior, are said to have not known the use of iron, but to have 

 had spears made of the hard, wiry bark of the Anivona palm, 

 and to have employed arrow-heads made of burnt clay. No 

 flint weapons have yet been discovered in Madagascar. 



