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xil CONTENTS. • • 



CHAPTEE XrV. 



MALAGASY FOLK-LORE AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. 



PAOB 



Auimals — Birds — Fabulous animals — Trees and plants — Lucky and 

 unlucky days and times — Ordeals — Folk-lore of home and family 

 life — Lucky and unlucky numbers, actions, etc. — Sickness and 

 death — Witchcraft and charms ..... 267-296 



CHAPTER XV. 



MALAGASY IDOLATRY AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND OBSERVANCES. 



Idols and their worship — Sacrifices — Atonement and expiation — 

 Altars and sacred stones and places — Divination — Ambr6n- 

 drombe, the Malagasy Hades — New Year's festival . . 297-317 



CHAPTER XVL 



NEW LIGHT ON OLD TEXTS : ILLUSTRATIONS OP SCRIPTURE FROM 

 MALAGASY CUSTOMS. 



Royalty and Government — Family life — Marriap;e — Benedictions, 

 curses, and salutations— Dress and food — Weapons — Houses 

 and towns — Tombs and burial — Roads and paths — Symbolic acts 

 and figui'ative language — Agriculture — Slavery — Time . . 318-336 



CHAPTER XVIL 



MALAGASY CHURCH LIFE, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE 

 APOSTOLIC AND EARLY CHURCHES. 



As regards morals — Rise of superstitious practices and sacramenta- 

 lism — Church divisions — Customs connected with worship — 

 Church offices and Government — Relations between the Church 

 and the State ....... 337-349 



CHAPTER XVin. 



THE MADAGASCAR OF TO-DAY : ITS PROGRESS AND PRESENT 



POSITION, SOCIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY . . 350-367 



INDEX .368 



