THE GREAT AFRICAN ISLAND. 



CHAPTERS ON MADAGASCAR. 



A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF RECENT RESEARCHES IN THE 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION OF THE COUNTRY. 



AND ITS NATURAL HISTORY AND BOTANY ; 



AND IN THE ORIGIN AND DIVISIONS, CUSTOMS AND LANGUAGE, 



SUPERSTITIONS, FOLK-LORE, AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 



AND PRACTICES OF THE DIFFERENT TRIBES. 



TOGETHER WITH 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE AND EARLY CHURCH HISTORY 



PROM NATIVE HABITS AND MISSIONARY KXPERIENCE. 



Rev. JAMES SIBREE, Jun., F.RG.S. 



OF TUE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY ; 

 AUTHOR OF "MADAGASCAR AND ITS PKOPLE." ETC. 



WITH PHYSICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL SKETCH-MAPS 

 AND FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON: 

 TEUBNEE & CO., LUDGATE HILL. 



1880. 



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