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INDEX. 



Silkworms, 96. 



Sihanaka custom, curious, 255 ; religion, 302 ; 



superstition, 280. 

 Sikidy or divination, 309. 

 Silver work, native ingenuity in, 262. 

 Singular number, dislike to the, 2S7. 

 Sirab^, 32. 



" Sitting at the king's gate," 320. 

 Skins, nou-\ise of, 214. 

 Slate, 32. 



8 avery, 162, 180, 182, 335. 

 Slaves, class of, 181. 

 Snake-traps, made by ants, 268. 

 Sneezing, 285. 



BoareM, Fernando, discovereroUIadagascar, 3. 

 Social liabits, improved, 355. 

 Socieiy, ranks of, 182. 

 Soldiers, or niiaramila, 183. 

 Soiigumby, tlie, 275. 

 Songs, loyal, 187. 

 Sorcery a capital crime, 2j2. 

 Spear and slaeld, tlie, 329. 

 Spear called Tsi-tla-lainga, igo. 

 Souls, transmigration of, 270. 

 Spiny and prickly plants, 82. 

 " Spirit-bird," the, 274. 

 "Spirit of evil," the, 295. 

 Spiiira of the dead, 3T2 

 Spittle, the, medicinal virtue in, 286. 

 Staff, the, a sign of office, 322. 

 Stations, Mission, 361. 

 Star-gazers, 311. 

 Stones, sacred, 305. 

 Stories, fabulous, 275. 

 Straw-plait, artistic feeling shown in, 262. 

 Stubliorn chief, a, story of, 332, 333. 

 Sudden death ascribed to witclicraft, 291. 

 Sugiir-Crtne, 89. 

 Superstitions connected with birds, 274, 275 ; 



with death, 290, 291 ; popular, 267. 

 Superstitious practices, rise of, 339. 

 Symbolic acts, 332. 



Tabooed customs, 288, 294. 



Tabooed or Fady words, 150, 168. 



Takatra, the, 274. 



Tamarind, tlie, 78, 278. 



Tamatave, 143. 



Tan^la altar, a, 30s, 306. 



Tanila superstition, 281. 



Tanala tribe and country, 107, 128, 215, 221, 



237- 

 Tandr6y, 132. 



Taug^m-boay ordeal, the, 284. 

 Tang6na tree, 73. 



Taug^na or puison ordeal, 140, 281, 282, 283. 

 Tank^raiia tribe and people, 26, 179. 

 Tank^y or Bez^noz^no, 129. 

 Tanosy, 203, 223. 

 Tat^o custom, 289. 

 Tattooing, 209. 

 Teeth, loss of, 285. 

 Thanksgiving, sacrifices of, 303. 

 Thresh in>r-floors, Malagasy, 335. 

 Time, division of, 279 ; mode of reckoning, 



336. 

 Times, lucky and unlucky, 279. 

 Tobacco, 95. 

 Tokan-dia, the, 275. 

 Tomb, fimily, of prime minister, 260. 

 Tombs and burial customs, 225, 330. 

 Tonic sol-fa system, introduction of, 364. 



Toothache, 285. 



Towns and houses, 205, 329, 330. 



Toy, Rev. R., quoted, 268. 



Trade, increase of, 354. 



Trades and occupations, 195. 



Tradition as to Malasjasy origin, 121. 



Traditions of the Vazimba, 307, 308. 



Training schools, 365. 



Trindraka or tenrec, 44. 



Translation of the Pilgrim's Progress, 347, 



Transmigration of souls, the, 270. 



Traveller's tree, 91. 



Trees, height and size of, 71. 



Trt-es and plants, sacred, 277 ; fetish, 306. 



Tsiafakomby (tree), 82. 



Twelve, a lucky number, 288. 



Umbrella, royal, i86. 

 Ungulata, 46. 



Unlucl<y days, 279, 280; numbers and 

 actions, 287. 



Vakieoated leaved plants, 80. 

 Vi'zlmba. the, 135, 216, 307, 308. 

 Vegetable foods, 86 ; exports, 99. 

 Vegetation of coast, 71. 

 Vegetation of interior, 81. 

 Venetian maps of Madagascar, 16. 

 V^zo (tribi ), 126. 

 Village churches, 363. 

 V6av6ntaka, 72. 

 Vokoka ordeal, the, 284. 

 Volcanic region, 27. 

 Von^nina, the, 278. 



Wake, C. S., 103, 243. 



Wallace, Alfred, 39, 45, 47, 48, 54, 66, 96, 105, 



n6, 117. 

 Wall-painting in country church, 261. 

 War, Christian influence in, 357. 

 Wasps 61. 



" Water in the nose," 285. 

 Waterfalls, 24. 



Watershed of Madagascar, 24. 

 Water-sprito or mermaid, 308. 

 Weapons, native, 216, 329. 

 Weaving of coloured cloths, 261, 262. 

 Weeping for the dead, 316. 

 Widows, curious custom regarding, 255. 

 Wisdom of Queen Ranavalona, 333, 334. 

 Witchcraft and charms, 292 ; detection of, 



282. 

 Wives, cruel treatment of, 255. 

 Words, f^dy, 150, 169, 171 ; obsolete, 152 ; 



French, 152 ; English, 152 ; Arabic, 154 ; 



history in, 155-157; poetry in, 157-160; 



morality, 160-162 ; for religious worsliip, 



162-164 ; onomatopoetic, 164 ; connected 



with royalty, 169. 

 Worship of ancestors, 226; of idols, 297-301 ; 



Christian, customs connected with, 344,345. 



Tanis, 88. 



Yule, Colonel, 55. 



Zahana, tlie (Bignonia articulata), S2. 277. 



Zkhitra (raft), 77, 178. 



Zaza Hova (slaves), 182. 



Zaledz, an ancient name of Madagascar, 2. 



Z6mba (sacred house), 226. 



Z6ro firar^zana (sacred comer), 199. 



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