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of anthropology in search of the “ missing 
link.” 
Much that has been said of the Sakalava ap- 
lies to their immediate neighbours the Antsian- 
aka. But of the Betsileo in the south a some¬ 
what different description is necessary. The 
Betsileo more nearly resemble the Betsimisaraka, 
and are less given to war, and a wandering and 
unsettled life generally, than the north - west 
tribes. They have some of the martial ardour 
of the Sakalava, with a considerable pastoral and 
domestic preference in their character and dis¬ 
position. 
They were also reduced to subjection by the 
notorious Brady, of whom it is recorded that he 
gave orders, in his campaigns on behalf of the 
Hovas, that all the young men of the enemy 
were to be cut down as the army advanced, so 
that no hostile element should be left in their 
wake to endanger the safety of the invaders. 
When asked to give a standard for the guidance 
of the executioners of his atrocious order, he 
merely stretched out his arm, and directed that 
all who could not pass beneath it should be 
instantly slain. As he was a man of short stat¬ 
ure, the slaughter was immense, but the effect 
was certain. The pride and power of the con¬ 
quered people thus perished ; and before the next 
generation grew up to take arms, the dominion 
