INDEX 



317 



Hovas, 299 

 Humped duck, i86J 



IARITSENA, 232 

 latsifitra volcano, 224 

 Ice, 92 



Ifanja marsh, 225 

 Ifody Hills, 69 

 Iharoka river, 45, 48 

 Ihovana, chieftainess, 282 

 Ikongo, 235 



Ikopa river, 76, 286, 291 

 Imahazony, 236 

 Imerina, 71 

 India-rubber, 42, 158 

 Indigenous plants, 128 

 Insect life, 65, 279 

 Insectivora, species of, 67 

 Insects : ants, 34 ; cockroaches, 38, 

 43 ; a new spider, 43 ; beauty of, 

 70 ; spiders, 71 ; water producing, 

 91; black wasp, 99 ; silkworm moth, 

 109; butterflies, no; grasshoppers, 

 in ; mantis, 112 ; dog-locust, 112 ; 

 nests, 130 ; ants, 131 ; beetles, 132 ; 

 caterpillars, 132 ; spiders, 133 ; 

 mantis religiosa, 153 ; grasshoppers, 

 153 ; beetles, 154 ; ball-insect, 159 ; 

 millipedes, centipedes, scorpions, 

 1 60 ; venomous spiders, 162 ; pro- 

 tective resemblance, 164, 280 ; moka- 

 fohy, 289 



Intelligence of the people, 56 

 Inundations, damage by, 78 

 lolomaka, 237 

 Ipomcea, 42, 101 

 Iron, 156 

 Irrigation, 80 

 Isoavina, no 

 Itasy, Lake, 208 

 Itsiatosika, 275 

 Ivalokianja, 236 

 Ivatoavo, 232 

 Ivohibe Mountain, 259 

 Ivohitrambo, 283 

 Ivohitrosa, 237, 241 

 Ivoho volcano, 224 



JABORANO, 268 



Jacanas, 211 



Jaka, 50 



Jigger, the, 161 



Jiro, or memorial poles, 203 



Johnson, Rev. H. T., 107 



Jortry or cicada, 277 



Kdbary or National Assembly, 117 

 Kankafotra, or cuckoo, 82 

 Kankandoroka, a species of worm, 277 

 Kardbo, the, 259 

 Kestrel, the, 83 



Ketsa grounds, 79, 80 

 " King-butterfly," no 

 Kingfisher, 105 

 Kinoly, the, 159 

 Kirombo roller, 138 

 Koliholy, or after-crop, 304 

 Komanga-tree, 299 



LACE-LEAF plant, 53 



Ladders, primitive, 54 



Lagoons, 36, 273 



Lake-dwellers, 173 



Lakes and marshes, anciently a country 



of, 22 



Lamba, the, 25, 58, 62, 109 

 Land-shells, 136 

 Landolphia Madagas., 42 

 Lapa, or Government House, 179 

 Le Sage, Captain, 59 

 Leeches, 157 

 Lemur Catta, 243 

 Lemur mangos, 45 



Lemuroid animals, extinct, 222, 226 

 Lemuroida, species of, 66 

 Lemurs, 45, 66, 67, 168 

 Lichens, 116, 143 



Lightning, freaks played by, 85, 87 

 Lilia, river, 209 

 Lime deposit, 211 

 Lizards, 43, 134 

 Lizards, extinct species of, 223 

 Locusts, 73 



Longozy plant, the, 249 

 Looms, primitive, 58 



MADAGASCAR, 19 ; its ancient connec- 

 tion with Africa, 67 

 Madagascar bee, the, 144 

 Mahamanina, 257 

 Mahavelona, 259 

 Major, Dr Forsyth, 278 

 Malarial fever, 42 

 Mammalia, 66 

 Mammals, species of, 278 

 Mampita-hady, or fosse crosser, 109 

 Manakambahiny, 185 

 Mananara river, 174, 295 

 Mananjara river, 275, 281 

 Mandanivatsy, 207 

 Mandraka river, 71 

 Mandraka Valley, 142 

 Mangasoavina, 289 

 Mango-trees, 81 

 Mangoro river, 69 

 Maningory river, 174, 193 

 Manioc, 49 



Mantidactylus genus of frogs, 153 

 Mantis, a curious, 112 

 Mantis religiosa, 153 

 Market day, 181 

 Markets, 116 



