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HISTORY OF MADAGASCAR. 
44 Hear, hear, hear, and hearken well, O thou Raimana- 
mango, for thou art come hither from very far, even from 
the four quarters of the earth. Thou hast been brought 
from yonder, for silver and beads, to decide in judgment 
between the sovereign and the people, to condemn the 
guilty and justify the innocent; therefore, hear, hear, and 
hearken well, for thou didst come up to Ivohombohitra 
among Zafimbolasirana and Andrianintoarivo. There were 
there kings reigning then who were prior to Zanadralambo. 
When they then decided in judgment, it was not justly 
done; it was having respect to persons, it was done through 
bribery, it was an unjust judgment given, and it was not 
according to truth. But thou hatest such judgments as 
these; and thou art just, scorning bribery, and having 
respect to persons in thy decisive judgment: therefore, 
hear, and hearken well, O Raimanamango. 
44 Hear, hear, hear, and hearken well, O thou Raimana¬ 
mango; for the sorcerer (mpamosavy) is not yonder in 
the field, nor out of town: he is not like what is in imagi¬ 
nation only; he is not hidden out of sight, nor separated 
and screened by a partition ; he is not a mere lamba 
(cloth) shaped like him: but (pointing to the man sitting 
on the floor) behold him sitting, even his very person, 
here, opposite thee: therefore, be not mistaken nor de¬ 
ceived concerning him, O Raimanamango. If thou findest 
that he ha3 the root of sorcery, or the trunk of sorcery, 
or the leaves of sorcery, which he himself has fetched, or 
which others have brought for him, and that his heart 
was pleased with it, his mouth consented to take it, and 
his hand laid hold of it to take it for himself, and that at 
the same time he knew well within himself that it was 
the real means for bewitching—then kill him immediately, 
kill him instantly, let him die forthwith, tear his flesh, 
