CONTENTS. 
CHAP. PAGE 
I. FROM LONDON TO TAMATAVE, ... 1 
II. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND, . 24 
III. TRIBAL DIVISIONS—CONQUEST BY THE HOVAS, . 42 
IY. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, PAST AND PRESENT, . 59 
V. RITES AND CEREMONIES, CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS, 79 
VI. A CANOE VOYAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST LAKES, 94 
VII. VISIT TO THE COURT AND CAPITAL OF THE 
HOVAS, . . . . .118 
VIII. IN PERILS BY SEA, . . . . 142 
IX. THE GREAT NORTH-EAST, . . . 168 
X. NEW GROUND, . . . . 191 
XI. MEDICAL EXPERIENCES, . . . 224 
XII. THE CORONATION OF RANAVALONA III., . 243 
XIII. PROGRESS IN THE PAST—PROSPECTS FOR THE 
FUTURE, ..... 267 
