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CHAP. XV. 



Visit from the Prince. — Letter to the Queen. — Message and Presents from 

 the Queen. — Regrets on account of my approaching Departure. — Visits to 

 the Sick. — Arrangements of the Native Dwellings. — Social Affections. — 

 Portrait of the Prince. — Conversations with the Prince. — Astonishment 

 and Delight cf the Prince and Princess with the Photographic Process. — 

 Breakfast with the Prince and Princess Conversation. — Portraits of Mem- 

 bers of the Malagasy Court. — Proposal of the Prince and Princess and their 

 Friends to spend the last Evening of my Stay in the Capital at my House. — 

 Tlie Prince's Band. — Interesting Conversation. — Why the People of Eng- 

 land love their Queen. — Security of God's Protection. — Desire of the 

 Youth of the Country after Knowledge. — Possibility of a future College in 

 the Capital. — Departure of the Guests. — Intercourse with beloved Friends. 

 — Bearers provided by the Queen. — Conversation and refined Attention of 

 the Prince. — Departure from the Capital accompanied by the Prince and 

 Nobles, — Affecting spectacle of a Prisoner. — Parting with the Prince and 

 his Friends. — Reflections on the Visit. — Recent Events. — Sufferings and 

 Constancy of the Christians. — Martyrdom in 1849. — Recollections of the 

 Prince. — Estimate of his Character. 



After witnessing this novel and exciting spectacle, I no 

 sooner reached my own residence than, slipping on my 

 blowse, I began experimentalising again, this time with a 

 bottle of vinegar which the prince had sent me in the morn- 

 ing, as he understood I wanted acid : but the light was too 

 far gone before I could make a fair trial. Applications for 

 medicine and visits from friends occupied the evening. 



Early in the morning I resumed my occupations, but failed 

 in compovinding a good developing mixture. \Miile I was 

 employed in this manner, the prince paid me a visit, he was 

 followed soon afterwards by the queen's secretary. They 

 examined the camera, and the different parts of the apparatus 

 with much attention and interest. After which they sat 



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