HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
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dogs, that had long soft hair, an animal so very docile and 
quiet, that she did not attempt to remove this strange com¬ 
panion until it endeavoured to get under her fore-leg, 
which not being able to effect, it clambered up a branch, 
and was soon received by one of its own species. 
66 The boys who followed me brought several young 
monkeys, whose mothers had been shot, to the camp. 
I took two of the largest, and placed them on some 
branches put up for shelter outside my tent; but they 
continued to get together, and each being desirous of being 
carried as they were accustomed to be, they constantly 
grasped each other, and fell to the ground, where they con¬ 
tinued to struggle, each trying to get under the arm of the 
other, until separated.” 
Besides the animals already mentioned, there is a spe¬ 
cies of fox with a large bushy tail; the animal is called 
amboahaolo; also a kind of wild dog which haunts the 
caverns among the rocks in the neighbourhood of the 
villages. In the forests, brown and grey squirrels are 
numerous; besides these, and rats and mice, the large¬ 
winged bat is found in many parts of the island, and is at 
times eaten by the natives. 
During the reign of Radama, horses and other useful 
animals were brought to the island. The horse is held 
in great estimation by the people; a good horse having- 
been frequently sold for from sixty to one hundred pounds 
sterling. They have been greatly multiplied lately, and 
their value has consequently decreased. 
The crocodile is the most numerous and conspicuous 
among the amphibious animals of Madagascar: these 
ferocious creatures swarm in the rivers and lakes, to the 
great terror of the natives, and render navigation in their 
fragile and unsteady barks, often exceedingly perilous, 
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