130 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, 



car would furmih a great abundance of that 

 valuable fubftance. So important a branch 

 of commerce ought the lefs to be negkdecl, 

 as the Malegaches, in the fouthern part of 

 the ifland, are acquainted with the method 

 of preparing and weaving it, in order to 

 make veftments, 



In the neighbourhood of the Bay of A n- 

 tonglj, I difcovered four kinds of cods, 

 which produce filk of an eKcellent quality. 



The Malegaches difliinguifh them by the 

 four following denominations. 



The an^eve is a cod almoft like that 

 which, in the fouthern provinces of France, 

 furniilies the heft filk. 



The amle-vcnia^ua^ another cod, f mailer 

 than the preceding, furnifhes a filk much 

 finer than that which comes from China, 

 and equally beautiful. 



The tree called macau is covered, dur- 

 ing a certain feafon of the year, wiih finall 



cods, 



