xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



MALAGASY FOLK-LORE AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. 



PAGE 



Animals — Birds — Fabulous animals — Trees and plants — Lucky and 

 unlucky days and times — Ordeals — Folk-lore of home and family 

 life — Lucky and unlucky numbers, actions, etc. — Sickness and 

 death — Witchcraft and charms ..... 267-296 



CHAPTEE XV. 



MALAGASY IDOLATRY AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND OBSERVANCES. 



Idols and their worship — Sacrifices — Atonement and expiation — 

 Altars and sacred stones and places — Divination — Ambron- 

 drombe, the Malagasy Hades— New Year's festival . . 297-317 



CHAPTEE XVL 



NEW LIGHT ON OLD TEXTS : ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE FROM 

 MALAGASY CUSTOMS. 



Royalty and Government— Family life — Marriage — Benedictions, 

 curses, and salutations — Dress and food — Weapons — Houses 

 and towns — Tombs and burial — Roads and paths — Symbolic acts 

 and figurative language — Agriculture — Slavery — Time . . 318-336 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



MALAGASY CHURCH LIFE, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE 

 APOSTOLIO AND EARLY CHURCHES. 



As regards morals — Rise of superstitious practices and sacramenta- 

 lism — Church divisions — Customs connected with worship — 

 Church offices and Government— Relations between the Church 

 and the State ....... 337-349 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



THE MADAGASCAR OF TO-DAY : ITS PROGRESS AND PRESENT 



POSITION, SOCIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY . . 350-367 



INDEX 



368 



