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VISITS TO MADAGASCAR 
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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. — 
Angraecum superbum. — 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 Mau¬ 
ritius. — Departure for the Cape of Good Hope. 
Amongst the strangers who visited Tamatave during my resi¬ 
dence there, and with whom I held frequent intercourse, 
were a number of persons from Mahavelona or Foule Pointe, 
a port on the eastern coast about forty-five miles to the 
northward. I had heard repeatedly of the fine scenery in the 
intervening region, as well as around the port itself; and 
being desirous of seeing it, as well as of visiting the friends 
with whom I had become acquainted, I left Tamatave on the 
forenoon of the 4th of September, accompanied by my tall 
friend from the capital, who had spent much time with me at 
Tamatave, and whose wife’s father was chief, or governor, of 
the next port and district to the northward of Foule Pointe. 
An officer in the village, my friend in the green uniform, had 
lent me a sort of palanquin chair, of strong native manufacture, 
resembling an ordinary arm-chair in form, only larger, and 
having a foot-board suspended in front, and two long poles 
fixed on each side like those of a sedan-chair, by which it 
was carried on the shoulders of four men, two in front, and 
two behind. Seated in this chair, and thus mounted on the 
