CONTENTS. xiii 



Caiiital. — Anntial Festival Dinner by the Governor, — Dresses of the Com- 

 pany. — Eating of the Jaka preserved since the last Annual Festival. — 

 Accounts of the destructive Progress of the Cholera at Mauritius. — Death 

 of Mr. Kelsey. — Visit to the Capital prohibited on accoant of the Cholera 

 at Mauritius. — Astonishment of the Natives on witnessing the Effects of 

 Photography. — Remarkable Countenances of many of the People. — Ap- 

 plication for Medicine. — Tooth-aches. — Varieties of Native Medicine. — 

 Poisonous Fish. — Serpents. — Habits of the Aye- Aye - - Page 1 16 



CHAP. VI. 



Domestic Slavery in Madagascar. — Prices of Slaves. — Modes of Punishment. 

 Numbers of Slaves. — Native Manufactures. — Rofia Cloth. — Native Bas- 

 kets. — Fondness of Natives for Barter. — Conversations with the People 



Desire after Education. — Historical Notice of the Persecutions of the Chris- 

 tians. — Simple Scriptural Character of their Faith. — Testimonies in their 

 Favour. — Scriptural Basis of their Religious Organisations and Observ- 

 ances. — Social Gatherings. — Perils to which they have been exposed. — 

 Public Confessions. — Constancy unto Death. — Nature and Severity of 

 their Punishments. — Numbers who have suffered on account of their Re- 

 ligion. — Executions in 1849. — Latest Edict against Christian Obsei-vances. 

 — Opinions of the Natives which render Christianity peculiarly criminal in 

 the Estimation of the Heathen. — Claims of the Christians to Sympathy and 

 Compassion -------. 146 



CHAP. vn. 



Journey from Tamatave to Foule Pointe. — Native Gardens. — Photography 

 in the Forest. — Novel Aspects of the Vegetation. — Native Lodgings. — 

 Malagasy Travellers. — Abundant and beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. — 

 Angrtecum superbum. — A. Sesquipedale. — Native Lizards and Birds. — 

 Arrival at Foule Pointe. — Native Accommodations and Hospitality. — 

 Pleasant Intercourse with the People. — Hospitality of the Residents. — In- 

 terview with the Governor. — Brief Notice of Benyowsky. — Return to Ta- 

 matave. — Last Night on Shore. — Affectionate Interest of the Natives. 

 — Early Morning Embai-kation. — Last View of the Land. — Arrival at 

 Mauritius. — Departure for the Cape of Good Hope - - - 170 



CHAP. vm. 



COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Visit to the Missionary Settlements in the Cape Colony. — Journey to Paarl. 



African Omnibuses. — Driving ten in Hand. — Intercourse with an aged 



