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town, immediately went from house to house, sternly de¬ 
manding “ Who are you for ?” If the reply were Andrian- 
jafy, the occupants were speared on the spot—if for lam- 
boasalama, they were added to his adherents. After a few 
had been sacrificed, the rest voluntarily submitted; and on 
the following morning the party set forward to Ambohitany, 
the next village to the westward of Ambohimanga, and the 
seat of the renowned idol Ramahavaly. Here they com¬ 
menced the same inquiry—“ Whose cause do you espouse ?” 
To which the inhabitants prudently replying, “ The same as 
Ambohimanga,” they were joined to the attacking party, 
and, proceeding with them to take further possession in the 
vicinity, without much difficulty make themselves masters 
of Ambohidrabiby. 
In the mean time, Andrianjafy returned home from an 
excursion, and found to his astonishment that his capital, 
with its neighbourhood, had revolted, and joined the stan¬ 
dard of lamboasalama. The chief himself being afterwards 
seized and put to death, lamboasalama became sole and 
undisputed sovereign. 
Elated with success, and fired by ambition, lamboasa¬ 
lama then extended his conquests southward, and, after a 
severe struggle of two years, succeeded in making himself 
master of Xlafy and its vicinity. He then proceeded east¬ 
ward, and made w r ar upon Ambohidratrimo, which he sub¬ 
dued, and afterwards married the sister of its chieftain. 
She was the mother of Radama, and her name Rambola- 
maso-andro signified “ It is still sun,” or “ daylight.” Al¬ 
though Ilafy made the strongest resistance to the power of 
lamboasalama, its people have ever since been amongst the 
most steady and active supporters of the sovereign. 
Subsequently to these events, lamboasalama made his 
attack upon Ambohitsimarofv, chieftain of Tananarivo. 
