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INDEX 



Ebony, 159 



Eels, 107 



Efitra, or desert, 289 



Eggs of the flLpyornis, 213 



Egret, white, 105 



Egyptian kite, the, 83 



Eleocarpus sericeus, leaves of, 158 



Embankments, 78 



Eucalyptus, cultivation of, 125 



Euphorbia, the, 60, 125 



Euryceros prevosti, 281 



Fahitra, or pens for oxen, 121 



Famoa, 179 



Fanataovana, or lucky heaps, 155 



Fauna and flora, 17 



Feather-bellows, 156 



Felana, or decoration, 233 



Ferns, 59, 128, 157 



Fianarantsoa, 232 



Fibres, for rope, 158 



Filanjana, the, 18, 24 



Fire, method of producing, 151 



Fireflies, 271, 284 



Firing the grass, 82 



Fish, 39 ; octopus, 40 ; mullet, 40 ; 



prawns and shrimps, 40 ; shark, 



40 ; sawfish, 40 ; dolphins, 275, 



303 



Fishing, 196 

 Fishing eagle, 310 

 " Fitomanianomby," 63 

 Flamingoes, 210 

 Flora : orchids, 32 ; arums, 34 ; palms, 



37 ; climbing plants, 37 ; ferns, 38 ; 



tangena, 38 ; sago palms, 41 ; Filao, 



41 ; Brehmia spinosa, 42 ; Hibiscus, 



42 ; Stephanotis, 42 ; Ipomcea, 42 ; 

 pitcher-plant, 42 ; gum-copal, 42 ; 

 india-rubber, 42 ; bamboo, sugar- 

 cane, manioc, banana, palms, pan- 

 danus, water-lilies, palms, convol- 

 vuli, traveller's tree, 49 ; rasp- 

 berries, 51 ; coffee, 51 ; lace-leaf 

 plant, 53 ; bamboo, 57 ; tree-ferns, 

 57 ; pine-apples, 57 ; yq/fa-palm, 58 ; 

 ferns, 59 ; euphorbias, 60 ; orchids, 

 64 ; bamboo, 65 ; rice, 79 ; Cape 

 lilac, 8 1 ; vine, 81 ; euphorbia, 81 ; 

 orchids, 101 ; indigenous plants, 127; 

 ferns, orchids, 128 ; grasses and 

 ferns, 128 ; palms, 142 ; climbing 

 plants, 142 ; cryptogamic vegeta- 

 tion, 143 ; mosses and lichens, 143 

 fungi, 144 ; spiny plants, 145 

 stinging plants, 146 ; ferns, 157 

 valuable trees, 158 ; Tamarind-trees, 



295 



Flowers, comparative scarcity of, 64 

 Fly-catchers, 295 

 Food, curious articles of, 106 



Food, articles of, 23 



Forest, stillness of the, 60, 65, 277 



Fosa, the, 302 



Fosses, 119 



Fossils, 212 



Foundry, native, 156 



Fragrance of wild plants, 178 



French invasion, the, 28 



Frigate-birds, 255 



Frogs, 152 



Fruit-bats, 298 



Funeral, a heathenish, 276 



Funeral memorial, a, 268 



Funerals, expensive, 203 



Fungi, 144 



Furniture, 98 



GAMES, 122 



Gates of stone, 119 



Geese, 186 



" General Hazo " and " General Tazo," 



28 

 Geological formations, quartz, red 



sandstone, 39, 53 

 Goat-sucker, the, 140 

 Goudot, M., 91 



Grainge, Mr, and the cattle, 287 

 Granaries, 54 



Grandidier, Alfred, 17, 169, 235 

 Grasses and rushes, 128, 178, 191, 201, 



206 



Grass, firing the, 72, 73 

 " Grave of the French," 42 

 Guinea-fowl, 186 

 Gum-copal tree, 37, 42 

 Gums and resins, 158 



HAIL, 86 



Hair-dressing, 252, 258 



Hamby, the, 311 



Hapalemur simus, 243 



Hawks, 84 



Hazondrano, or rush, 108 



Hearth, the, 97 



Herana, the, 108 



Herons, 69, 312 



Hibiscus, 42 



Hivondrona, 32 



Hibiscus diver sifolius, go 



Hills, outline of, 52 



Hippopotamus, extinct, 212 



Hippopotamus Lemerlei, 212 



Hoar-frost, 113 



Hooker, Sir W. J., 54 



Horned memorial poles, 182 



Hospitality of the Malagasy, 41 



Hot springs, 53 



Houlder, Mr, and the boa, 44 



Houses, native, 23, 70, 236 



" House-horns," 97 



