170 VISITS TO MADAGASCAR. 



CHAP. VII. 



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

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

 Malagasy Travellers. — Abundant and beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. — 



Angrsecum 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 Embarkation. — Last View of the Laud. — Arrival at Mau- 

 ritius. — Departure for the Cape of Good Hope. 



Amongst the strangers who visited Tamatave during my resi- 

 dence there, and with whom I held frequent intercourse, 

 were a number of persons from Mahaveloua or Foule Pointe, 

 a port on the eastern coast about forty-five miles to the 

 northward. I had heard repeatedly of the fine scenery in the 

 intervening region, as well as around the port itself; and 

 being desirous of seeing it, as well as of visiting the friends 

 with whom I had become acquainted, I left Tamatave on the 

 forenoon of the 4th of September, accompanied by my tall 

 friend from the capital, who had spent much time with me at 

 Tamatave, and whose wife's father was chief, or governor, of 

 the next port and district to the northward of Foule Pointe. 



An officer in the village, my friend in the green uniform, had 

 lent me a sort of palanquin chair, of strong native manufacture, 

 resembling an ordinary arm-chair in form, only larger, and 

 having a foot-board suspended in front, and two long poles 

 fixed on each side like those of a sedan-chair, by which it 

 was carried on the shoulders of four men, two in front, and 

 two behind. Seated in this chair, and thus mounted on the 



