INDEX. 



369 



public feeling, 356, 357 ; indirect results of, 

 359. 360. 

 Church and State, relations between, 349 ; 



divisions, 343. 

 Church life, 337 ; offices and government, 



347. 361 ; phrases, 345. 

 Churches, in Imferina, decoration of, 260 ; 



memorial, 355, 363 ; village, 363. 

 CircumcisioM(. ceremonies connected with, 



217, 273, 274. 

 Civilians or borizino, 183. 

 Class distinctions, 256. 

 Clothing, 213. 

 Coast plains, 33. 

 Cocoanut palm, 75. 

 Coffee, 8g. 

 Coincidence of Malagasy and Jewish customs, 



318-336. 

 College, the Missionary, 362. 

 Coleuy, English, projected in Madagascar, 



II. 

 Coloured cloths, weaving of, 261, 262. 

 Commerce, increase of, 354. 

 Comp.iss and sundial in Hi iva bouses, 204. 

 Complimentary terms, 159. 

 Condiments, 90. 

 Conglomerate rock, 35. 

 Congregations, Malayasy, 361. 

 Coral reefs and rocks, 36. 

 Cou.sins, Rev. W. E., 122, 137, 146, 225. 

 " Creator's ordeal," the, 283. 

 Crime of sorcery, the, 292. 

 Crimes, political, 322 ," detection of, 282. 

 Crocodile, the, 57 ; onieal by, 2S4 ; native 



beliefs about, 269, 270. 

 Crown, power of the, unlimited, 323. 

 Cruel treatment of wives, 255. 

 Cryptoprocta, 46. 

 " Cupboard love," native proverb de^crib- 



ing, 255. 

 Curious customs, 174-242. 

 Curses, Malagasy, 326. 

 Custom regarding widows, 255. 

 Customs at death, 290, 291 ; connected with 



Christian worship, 344, 345 ; marriage, 250- 



252, 323 ; tabooed, 288, 294. 



Dable, Rev. L., i, 121, 154, 172, 309. 



Davidson, Dr., 272, 282. 



Day names, 154. 



Days, lucky and unlucky, 279, 280. 



Dead, the, weeping for, 316. 



Death, observances connected with, 289-291. 



Decoration, interior, 260. 



Decorative carving in B^tsileo, 263 ; in Mala- 

 gasy houses, 265. 



Deference to royalty, Malagasy, 319. 



Design, native, in cloths and silks, 262. 



Detection of witchcraft, 282. 



Dialects of Malagasy, 149. 



Dislike to goats and pigs, 270, 271 ; to the sin- 

 gular number, 287. 



Disregard for human life, 356. 



Districts, Christian, 361. 



Divination, 308, 311. 



Diviners, 274. 



Division of time, 279. 



Divisions, churcli, 343. 



Divorce, 161, 254 ; improved feelini,'s regard- 

 tog. 355- 



Domestic animals, 159. 



Dress, native, 213, 326, 327; improvement 

 in, 354- 



Drunkenness, 356. 



Drury, Robert, 14, 88, 136, 271, 302. 



Dutch intercourse witli Madagascar, 6. 



Dwellings, improvement in, 355. 



Dyes, 95. 



East coast tribes, the, 132. 



Education, 364, 365. 



Ellis, Rev. W., 97, 98, 112, 140, 292. 



English words in Malagasy, 152, 173. 



" Epistles of commendation,'' 347. 



Ethnology of Madagascar, 102, 109. 



Euphorbia, 84. 



European elements among Malagasy, 106. 



Evangelists, native, 366. 



Evil eye, 168. 



Evil omen, animals of, 270. 



Exorcising an evil spirit, 295, 296. 



Expedition against tie SakalJivas, 357. 



Expiation and atonement, 303, 304. 



Fables about animals and birds, 275. 

 Family affection among the Malagasy, 256. 

 Family life, folk-lore of, 285, 286. 

 Family, nation, &c., words for, 247. 

 Fankny, the, strange belief concerning, 276, 



277. 

 Faiidr6ana, the, or New Year's Festival, 271, 



313-317- 

 Fano, tree, the, 83, 277. 

 Finomp6ana or forced service, 183. 

 Father, words for, 243. 

 Fato-dra, 225. 

 Fauna of Madagascar, exceptional and highly 



specialised, 39, 48, 65. 

 Favourite books, 347. 

 Ferns, 79. 



Festivities, New Year, 314-317, 

 Fetish trees, 306. 

 Fian^rantsoa, 143. 

 Ficus, species of, 81. 

 Figurative lanjUMge, 334. 

 Filanjina or palanquin, 175. 

 Filao (tree), 73. 

 Fire by friction, 207. 

 Fireflies, 61. 

 Fishes, 58. 



Flora of Madagascar, 69. 

 Flowering trees, 99. 



Flowers, 98 ; superstitions regarding, 278. 

 Folk-lore and folk-tales, Malagasy, 267 ; of 



home and family life, 285, 286; of names, 



289. 

 Food, 327, 328. 



Forest belt roimd Madagascar, 27. 

 Forest scenery, 70. 

 Fosa, 46. 

 Fossils, 33. 



French claims on Madag.ascar, 15, 134, 173. 

 French words in Malagasy, 152, 173. 

 Fruits, 90, 157. 

 Future existence, belief in a, 311. 



Geology of Madagascar, 31. 



Gezirat al-Komr, "Island of the Moon," ».«., 



Madagascar, 2. 

 Ghosts, belief in, 312. 

 Goats and pigs, dislike to, 270, 271. 

 God, names for, 99. 

 God of healing and medicine, 268. 

 " God's lamb," an insect, 275. 

 Gospel, power of the, in Madagascar, 354. 

 Gourds, 95. 

 Government and royalty, 319 ; church, 347, 



348, 361 ; officials, power of, 322. 

 Grainp,ge, Mr., quoted, 268, 269, 289. 

 Grandidier, Alfred, 18, 22, 33, 42, 142, 223. 

 Grandparents and grandchildren, words for 



249. 

 Grasses, 84, 158. 

 Gums, 99. • 



Hades, the Malagasy, 311, 312. 

 Hair dressing, 210. 



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