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VISITS TO MADAGASCAR. 
CHAP. V. 
CHAR y. 
Second Voyage to Madagascar. — Quarantine on account of the Cholera at 
Mauritius. —Residence on Shore. — Visit to a sick Chief. — His Secretary. 
— Presents from the People. — Correspondence with the Government at 
the Capital. — Hospitality of M. Provint. — Evening Walks. — Drawers of 
Water. — Cattle Market. — Mode of embarking and landing Cattle. — Ar¬ 
ticles sold in the daily Market. — House of the Son of the Chief Judge. — 
The National Pestival of the New Year. — Presents. — Visitors from the 
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. — Remarkable Countenances of many of the People. — Ap¬ 
plication for Medicine. — Tooth-aches.—Varieties of native Medicine.— 
Poisonous Fish-Serpents. — Habits of the Aye-Aye. 
The weather was fine, the wind fair for our voyage, and the 
sea by no means rough; yet again I suffered much from sea 
sickness; happily the voyage was short, and on the evening of 
the third day we were within ten miles of our port, and as 
there were indications of a change of wind the captain, who 
was himself an invalid, anchored for the night in twenty 
fathoms of water. The next morning the wind was contrary, 
and it was past noon on the 12th of June before we entered 
the bay. During the next day the custom-house officers came 
on board to inquire about the cholera at Mauritius, and to 
examine the health of the crew. They informed the captain 
that until farther orders there could be no communication 
with the shore, a decision which, however inconvenient to our¬ 
selves, was highly commendable so far as the safety of the 
people was concerned. 
After being eight days in quarantine we went on shore, and 
as soon as I had received permission to land my things they 
