8 
82 
~ He believed 
1) The reader will be not a little surprised at some of the 
y for healt] 
alth. | 
ingtinctiv. e actions. 
oO PEANAS Riek we vette 
made hexagonal cells from the beginning. : = me 
the te ndency o of bees to make hexagonal cells eng paces —a Mr. er s reception in the capital | between it ae a ie rata of conal aad 
acquired, and that originally bees made cireular cells, | and pres on at t Cou ie 4 the vast forest of Almaza region, there 
bu a deficiency of material ha ast acquir ed anariv si or ome city of a thousand towns,” | through :— otra, said to be P 
the it of makin exagonal cells d long “ oval- shap ed hill, a e and half or “ This for appears to spread Bee 
stated that he kept a large number of bees, and that ngth, ris ing 400 0 dine ig than the | equal ground, coy ering m Ka Over the mat i; 
had seen them make hexagonal haa ote st. ae surrounding country, and bei z 7000 foe abo jove e the cipices, = broad or 2 ridges, Seep 
eall alo me were cireu lar —Dr. La akoster said it wa level sea. Near the pont an e stupendou va 83 ‘ime Many ‘ef > 
interesting Į question a the ey rt " i hill, or, as the nativ res press me on the | wood and pban ex Paseo BS 
or some other organ was the first recipi ient of t - | tampombohitra (crown of the town), Per fr tg Ta which were epi at trees Bee the 
pressi 1 the movements that reste ited fs in ioe arg pi kert lofti iest b building i in the _ iti or para asitical plants of a y kind oed but fe Qd 
bes work. An impression must be made on some | a eet high; the manak ; but creepe 
veoh ni the animal as all the Y actions of the lower verandahs one above the other; the ro a pie | d Bamboos, Of one = then som ps sin, om 
a a a pro ith attic windows at three different eira a quill, with-a circle of fine pale p almost as saly 
tl z og oes suggested that | On te ntre of the top of the house there is a large und every joint, the joi ‘all branches 
the materials with which the bee worked were suffi- | gilt gr of an eagle with outspread seq Adjoining | 6 inches apart, The long 
ciently receptive of light to act upon their, organs | of | the orth- east fope, of the em ta esidence | 9 or 10 feet long, hanging 
vision, a ht t her son. Itis smaller ea that of | of the trees, or stretchin 
; the e queen, but in other eoa prs cs it, and also | to tree along the sides of the 
n 
SLTURAL OF EDINBURGR, for the year ending Septem 
Hor ember 
1858. tract from a —A taste for peneteetenrel yap 
nent thos: ofa kip ans dnai mente has bag he eae 
n that dir 
Aan Hortoultaral Society, 
occupied t 
classes, aided. i aea Aoi 
result, “found it nece nar. fro 
its efforts. Various other Societie A gr roportion of 
whose Members were devote oF tet y fricaltare, arose from tan 
sed with the import- 
circular 
reac ching the et offi- 
taking me by 
me into the ghae told me tha ER 
ted = my residence, an 
The low 
Our 
o | but more frequently upand down steep sli 
water. 
sy Sippel 
from 
were neatly cov 
those Sod amy friendly, in inviting them to pee -r 
consider thesubject: On 3d February a Provisional Com 
was- nominated, from which, subsequently, R i, ee git 
mittee was selected. A setof Rules was then drawn up, and a 
ote see im snk rr semen yip ment appointed. The Earl of 
ered President. Dr. G 
Taree: With reference to the 
proper pan vf the ee — Committes has to state that 
the. rata Shows, which are an impo in A “a 
Societ: jni airm teen. two = number. These, it i 
mention, well attended. The Society 
aided in thes 
oe 
grati ve been 
is much Yavtbted ee the judges and pi a who 
on mbers has bee 
beat pide rable num miei * Me 
willed, sta majo ony whom o be expected, rer 
poe r-gardeners, though the 
as 
omba of the nursery Panel 
it ew 
covered with on matting. At the wester 
ned a white ngap ‘tan or 
he ne 
ta ide of the 
with. a cioth, wr which were A tumblers, wine- 
glas asses, a eat w yater-ju g, g» and „above these „hung a 
d | the 
portions of the rav sit ges were sometimes 
position was almost upright, and it 
10 or 12 men to get the lenges 
not wall enough i maS but I freq 
bearers to halt and rest, which 
when I got out, and the 
level spo, for about 10 minutes, T 
wer na y oag up a 
s | had fallen across the track. The ae 
80 steep 
there 
Genera 
a ing- sm 
and four other Fte were piagod in different parts of | i 
and y 
eth seh pr rool 
through Bi a Pras EPA 45 T couldalso 
trade, and several of their assistants, have, wit the room. welcome accom- 
gapopions, beag "thomeelys with the 8 Gora: 7 sa. it few | m period of peat for my personal peman during the | why, in i 6, omc Cane en 
hat the number of these two classes be in- | peri my vis arown themselves on the ground, dee 
ereased, as otherwise an a, aaien og of the Society, in} W the ri ay a ved for presentation to her | die rather than attempt to proceed fi : 
Ebner bartante far aening am A Se mnan abridged nee 2 Majesty our ee Seivai the following note, which | require more than a lifetime to make even 
cause of regret that no one ifon to compete for ert as a striking evidence of the manners of this | road through this region.” ese A 
This may rise fom he agence vie a 3 “ich ple: E Frida; RA Mornin rises a p 
hese o; were made ; the Committee trusts that a Friend,—I inf viend th at 
mein Wilk th tater oust ig eee TY y dear Frien inform rang a b 
SE indoor ert a at öfiĉe ‘advance their peget ie queen will give you an audience Sifin in the 
‘omote their best interests. yiana anak inha zona, msequently when y to come up, | have 
Tngot estat practical bo eee eens teas Roctery | Pee om yoat best dress, £e EOLA coun 
might ‘raise a staff of valnable Members, and effect much good. and a dollar. How are you this morning ? 
The Members of the higher classes who have countenanced the 4 truly, R—— incess, H 
A R vip pomabes 4 iaro fi adequate e Queen’s appearance, if that of a REER sove- A 
employed subject under their p a nk d 
motiga. Pors of those B fhan a at, psoas should be represented Le Br sco = t ue Aes atnitied ta border closely | will be mi 
Comm , as most, | upon civilisation e is thus described :— | scenery, 
om all of ihe s mbes n gri daing duty are proren by “The aes een’s figure i as not pel but rather indy her 
etails. The Committee believes that while there is room for. enn orehead well formed, thee; small, | o 
pa a there is, at the sam $ time, Aidi need for short i ut not broad, lips. well defined and small, Ate 
bs oer att a union wih way athe other pi Hocteny: PESEN Pe thg theo slightly dw Jl i ep maps = T s xi Tree’ was’ le 
Meet th Homie bo. sacienbia to condor sana ie (Poe compact, and we proportione her „expr ression “The ‘Traveller's slayer 
it. 
‘Members who have joined from the commencement of the. 
Seidr se to Ags: hong oy last, 70; additional Members since) 
re ea eer oes 
ions, 8. 9. > ani there has been.ex- 
Ddod -prizes at June Show, hog Pag 
Asi, 6s, 6d. ; general expenses, 1 
Notices of ; EAEN 
Three Visits E E a during the Years sasa 
Bs 8s By the Rev. Wm. Ellis. 8vo. Mur 
mr es Second notice). 
The author’s third visit to 
ceeded in. -obtain 
call d 
Madagascar, when he suc- 
ing permission to ‘repair to the metro- 
os September Show, 
S 
t times indicating gr reat firmness. She looked in good 
healt and v pean canaio ering her age, which is said | 
to be Her majesty wore a crown made of plates of 
ia ething like a 
EA charm, 
n the front plate ; i she had also 
ve country, appearing 
eatest perfection. Thistrue Uran igi 
one of the mae t remarkable that has ee 
woe the extent to which 
toot 
ce and large earrings o of gold. 
igs of gold, which, coaer 
ova costume, was qui 
anecklac 
white satin lamba, ‘with s spr 
with numerous woodcuts from phlepsnbe Prin 
a queenly dr “The oan , her son yapa 
i a t coronet of apparen! tly g green velvet, bordered with 
a ring and: band of leaves of massive silve: 
mboasalama, wore a_ black pe Rye cap- em- 
ol with gold. “Many of the officers wore silk 
aeir an over ne clothes 
, Nor would th royal entertainments at Antananarivo 
eem' 
ttt le places on where native 
manners re been os Hh modifed by Tei 
sgt Euro; peans, i the eapital itself represen what ma 
i : 
uropean yh e 
rf be pngen ed on a French 
and a To us they indicate a degree 
=n unexpected; the forms and ceremonies at court | 
en byn pasioni e deserve | m 
with. Europeans | me 
ted. the possi o of 
pee except "a 
page 
upw 
of civilisation | 
Englisl 
a 
of 30-d 
podar ate, her 
st pr opriety e "tho eee 
all 1 present although-there were. many of the younger 
of the aristocracy at the table, the entertain- 
seg peal more lively and much less. fo 
ya which I had been 
ssert tea was pon in small coffee cups, perha 
lead = coffee, from the. supposed preference of the 
tea,” 
ut we must pass to abies more directly interest- 
-And first as to the climata of this 
than some 
in M: against 
are mild iompareg with = tedden 
ge ents of 
‘an abt that | it 
ure capi ital is 
great island. The prev is that) 
sur 
the e country is 
00 fe 
acim i ev venings 
minie si ich i e 
eagerness. higher classes to gain know 
nus tO plage themselves. on a itl sa 
adn vy k 
cool, the thermometer standing at aay pha 
all the upper region there is nothi 
cousin, | wi 
| leaves 
rmal 
present in the country. After the 
we 
of 
Plantain, only less : con Sees 
talk, A we: two lines on 
i ‘ ase, and the lower ones 
extend horizontally, mn Wien i cig 
country. 
oe In the fan-li 
