CONTENTS. 
xiii 
Capital. —Annual Festival Dinner by the Governor. — Dresses of the Com. 
pany. — Eating of the Jaka preserved since the last Annual Festival. — 
Accounts of the destructive Progress of the Cholera at Mauritius. — Death 
of Mr. Kelsey. — Visit to the Capital prohibited on account of the Cholera 
at Mauritius. — Astonishment of the Natives on witnessing the Effects of 
Photography. — Kemarkable Countenances of many of the People. — Ap¬ 
plication for Medicine. — Tooth-aches.—Varieties of Native Medicine.— 
Poisonous Fish. — Serpents. — Habits of the Aye-Aye - - Page 116 
CHAP. VI. 
Domestic Slavery in Madagascar.—Prices of Slaves. — Modes of Punishment. 
Numbers of Slaves. — Native Manufactures. — Eofia Cloth. — Native Bas¬ 
kets. —Fondness of Natives for Barter. — Conversations with the People_ 
Desire after Education. — Historical Notice of the Persecutions of the Chris¬ 
tians.— Simple Scriptural Character of their Faith.—Testimonies in their 
Favour. — Scriptural Basis of their Religious Organisations and Observ¬ 
ances.— Social Gatherings.—Perils to which they have been exposed.— 
Public Confessions. — Constancy unto Death. — Nature and Severity of 
their Punishments. — Numbers who have suffered on account of their Re¬ 
ligion.—Executions in 1849.—Latest Edict against Christian Observances. 
— Opinions of the Natives which render Christianity peculiarly criminal in 
the Estimation of the Heathen. — Claims of the Christians to Sympathy and 
Compassion - - - - - - - 146 
CHAP. VII. 
Journey from Tamatave to Foule Pointe. — Native Gardens.—Photography 
in the Forest. —Novel Aspects of the Vegetation. — Native Lodgings.— 
Malagasy Travellers. — Abundant and beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. — 
Angrascum super bum. — A. Sesquipedale-Native Lizards and Birds. — 
Arrival at Foule Pointe. — Native Accommodations and Hospitality. —. 
Pleasant Intercourse with the People. — Hospitality of the Residents. — In¬ 
terview with the Governor.—Brief Notice of Benyowsky.—Return to Ta¬ 
matave.—Last Night on Shore. — Affectionate Interest of the Natives. 
—-Early Morning Embarkation. — Last View of the Land.—Arrival at 
Mauritius.—Departure for the Cape of Good Hope - - - 170 
CHAP. VIII. 
COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
Visit to the Missionary Settlements in the Cape Colony.—Journey to Paarl._ 
African Omnibuses. — Driving ten in Hand. — Intercourse with an aged 
