INDEX 



319 



Rats, 54, 59 



Ravenala madagasc., 49 



Rayed Gymnogene, the, 84 



Religious observances, 250 



Reptiles : snakes, 134 ; lizards, 134 ; 



chameleons, 135 ; ancient, 226 

 Rest-houses, 33 

 Rice cultivation, 77, 79, 92, 103, 106, 



177. J 95. 263 



Rice cultivation in Betsileo, 230 

 Rice-houses, 241 

 Ring-tailed lemur, 243 

 River-hog, extinct species of, 223 

 Rivers, 36 



Roads and pathways, 27 

 Rocks, 223, 233, 292, 298, 

 Rofia-palm, 31, 56, 58, 62 

 Rofia cloth, 57 

 Rova, or square, 26, 179, 305 

 Rollers (Coraciadee), 138 

 Rose-apple, the, 91 

 Rum drinking, 176 



SAGO palms, 41 



Ste Marie, Isle, 42 



Sakalava, 176, 299 



Salaka, or loin-cloth, 55 



Sampy, or household charm, 98 



Sanatoria, 127 



Sand-bars, 36 



Sand-grouse, 291 



Sandal wood, 159 



Sawfish, 40 



Scenery, 41 



Scenery of the coast, 37 



Scorpions, 160 



Screw-pine, 250 



Sea-birds, 256 



Seasons, the, 75 



Serpents, 43 



Shark, the hammer-headed, 40 



Shaw, Mr G. A., 235 



Shells, 35 ; Conus, Triton, Cyprcea, 



Oliva, Mitra, Cassis, 36 

 Shrimps, 107 



Sihanaka, the, 173, 184, 195, 203 

 Silk, spiders', 109 

 Simpona, species of lemur, 169 

 Siona, 159 



Sloth, extinct species of, 223 

 Smelting stations, 156 

 Snakes, 43, 44 

 Snare for birds, 185 

 Snow, absence of, 113 

 Solanum auriculatum, 125 

 Solitary wasps, 100 

 Songosongo, the, 146 

 Sopubia triphylla, 101 

 Spade, the native, 79 

 Sphoarotheria, 160 

 Spiders, 43, 71, 133, 162, 165, 



Spiny and prickly plants, 145 

 Springtime, 79 

 Stephanotis, 42 

 Stinging plants, 146 

 Storks, 69 



Street, Mr Louis, 228 

 Stribling, Rev. E. H., 192 

 Striped tenrec, 167 

 Sugar-cane, 49 

 Sugar-cane press, a, 262 

 Summer, 84 

 Sun-birds, 32, 137 

 Sunsets, beautiful, 123 

 Swine, extinct species of, 223 



TAIMORO tribe, the, 273 



Taisaka, the, 262 



Takatra, or stork, 69 



Tamarind-trees, 295 



Tamatave, 21 ; governor of, 24 ; 

 garrison, 26 



Tanala, the, 147, 245, 249, 250 



Tangena, the, 38 



Tanosy country, a village in the, 163 



Telomirahavavy, 71 



Terminated catappa, or " Indian al- 

 mond," 273 



Terraced hills, 230 



Threshing rice, 195 



Thunderstorms, 84 



Timber, valuable, 158 



Time, division of, 87, 93 



Tin cans on memorial poles, 183 



Tins, old jam, 192 



Toirika or blow-pipe, 61, 



Tokantongotra, 159 



Tombs' in Betsileo, 231, 283 



Tombs, Hova, 72, 114 



Tortoises, 201, 301 



Tortoises, extinct, 223 



Trachylobium verrucosa, 42 



Trandraka or hedgehog, 167 



Tranomaro, 35 



Trap-door spiders, 165 



Traveller's tree, 49, 257, 260 



Travelling in Madagascar, 28, 229 



Tree-duck, 186 



Tree-ferns, 57 



Tree-frogs, 153 



Trees, introduction of new, 125 



Triton, 36 



Tritriva, Lake, 215, 220 



Tropic-birds, 256 



Tsikondry, the, 280 



Tsingala, the, 107 



Twilight, 92 



Typhonodorum lindleyanum, 34 



VAKINANKARATRA, 208 



Valala river, 69 



Valalanamboa, or dog-locust, 112. 



