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INDEX 



Valiha, the, 56 



Vangaindrano, 261 



Variety of face and colour, 56 



Vatolahy, or " male stones," 116 



Vavavato district, the, 161, 219 



Vavony, 41 



Vazimba, the, 114, 227, 289 



Vegetation, 41, 239 



Vehicles, 27 



Vero, 178 



Verotsanjy, 178 



Vernonia appendiculata, 80 



Village squares, 61 



Villages, 73 



Villages, old-style, 119 



Vine, the, 81 



Vinea angivensis, the, 89-90 



Vinea rosea, 90 



Vinson, Dr, 162 



Visit of ceremony, a, 24 



Vohilena, 284 



Vohitra volcano, 215 



Volcanic belt, 224 



Volcanoes, extinct, 215 



Volomborona Mountain, 219 



Voromahery or hawk, 84 



UNGULATA, species of, 67 

 Unhealthiness of the coast, 42 

 Unlucky days, 205, 247 

 Uranid butterfly, 281 

 Usnea, 65, 143 



WALKING-STICK mantis, 280 

 Wallace, Dr A. R., 64 



Wasp, black, 99 

 Water conveyances, 282 

 Water-courses, 79 

 Waterfalls, 152, 242 

 Water-hens, 210 

 Water-lilies, 49, 201 

 Water-plants, 201, 281 

 Water-pots, 97 

 Water-producing insects, 91 

 Water-snakes, 134 

 Water yam or lace-leaf plant, 53 

 Weapons, ancient, 227 

 Weaver-bird, 169 

 Webs, spiders', 108, 163, 166 

 Whales, 275 

 Wheeled vehicles, 274 

 Whistling teal, 186 

 White-backed duck, the, 186 

 White lemur, a, 146 

 Wild boar or river-hog, 136 

 Wild duck on Lake Itasy, 210 

 Wild fowl, 185 

 Wild man, a, 147 

 Windows, absence of, 45 

 Winds, prevailing, 75 

 Winter, 113 



Words denoting different appearances 

 of nature, 95 



YAMS, wild, 152 



Zahitra, or raft, a, 247 

 Zanatsara clan, 218 

 Zomena, Chief, 235 

 Zozoro, the, 108 

 Zygcena malleus, 40 





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