PHOTOGRAPH OF A NATIVE BEVELLING. 



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half above the ground. Ou a subsequent occasion, when 

 the chief was sitting under the verandah, and his aide-de-- 

 camp waiting in attendance outside, I obtained a photograph 

 of this, the first native dwelling which I had entered in 

 Madagascar. The walls inside were covered with rofia cloth. 



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HARBODE MASTER'S HOUSE, TAMATAVE. 



and a fine large mat was spread on the floor. A neatly 

 made four-post bedstead, covered with fine sleeping mats, 

 stood in one corner; choice cooking utensils in another; 

 bags of rice and stores, with materials for making mats, and 

 native and European weapons, occupied other parts of the 

 dwelling. In the centre was a table of native workmanship, 



