40 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 



illan tiers of Madagafcafj for they have pre- 

 ferved, notwithRanding the defpotifm of the 

 Arabs, who conquered the province of Anof- 

 fi, the right of killing, when they are- not in 

 the prefcnce of a Rhoandnan or an Anacan- 

 drian, fuch animals as belong to their fub- 

 jeits. The Lohavohits are much lefs power- 

 ful than the Voadziri. They can never 

 poflfcfs more than one village ; and, how- 

 ever rich they may be in flocks, they mud 

 aiwavs fend for a Rhoandrian or an Ana- 

 candrian, to kill thofe animals which they 

 and their fubje<^9 ufe as food. 



The cafte of the Ontzoa comes immedi- 

 ately after that of the Lohavohits, to whom 

 they are nearly related j but they have no 

 kind of authority or privilege. The Onde- 

 ves are flaves by extraction. Jn the Male- 

 gache language that word figniHes a hji 

 man. 



The Malegaches preferve, refpe^tifig their 



origin, 



