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Ambohidrabiby—the village of rabiby? or of animals; and 
many of the folds he made for the cattle, are shewn there 
to this day. 
The next chieftain deserving notice is Andrianjaka. It 
is most probable that he was the second son of Ralambo; 
and was sent, during the lifetime of his father, to make an 
attack on Tananarivo, with a view to establishing himself 
as a chieftain there, while his elder brother should succeed 
Ralambo in the government of Ambohidrabiby. It is re¬ 
ported by some, that he was his father’s sole heir; and that, 
after having established himself at his father’s village, he 
then proceeded to make an attack on Tananarivo. The 
existence of two distinct clans in the present day, both of 
whom trace their origin to Ralambo, seems to favour the 
idea of there having been two sons, and hence affords some 
support to the first opinion, that Andrianjaka came to 
Tananarivo while his brother remained at Ambohidrabiby. 
However this may have been, he made his attack on the 
north side of Tananarivo, driving the chieftain of that place 
up to the north-east part of the town, where he put him to 
death. After this, the people surrendered to him, on con¬ 
dition that neither he nor his descendants would ever 
ascend to that part of the town where their chieftain was 
killed; and to the present time the custom is strictly ad¬ 
hered to, no member of the royal family ever venturing to 
go there. 
This chieftain, also, is said to have augmented and im¬ 
proved the ceremonies used at the circumcision, not only 
by introducing the use of silver chains and other orna¬ 
ments, but of a peculiar mode of dancing at right angles, 
and chanting benedictions over the children. 
Andrianjaka conferred as a reward upon those who 
accompanied him in his expedition against Tananarivo, the 
