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VISITS TO MADAGASCAR 
chap. xr. 
eleven when they left me, with many expressions of gratitude 
for the information and the advice I had given them. I then 
went into the adjoining house to prepare my chemicals for the 
next day, before retiring to rest. 
By daylight the following morning I fixed my camera, and, 
with the earliest morning light, took a full-length portrait of 
a valued friend, a fine noble-looking man in the prime of life. 
He wore the beautiful rich brown lamba, and I obtained a 
good negative.* Before I had finished, the queen’s secretary 
and the friends of the princess came. I obtained full-length 
portraits of them, but not very good, and I had no time for 
second trials. I also took a full-length portrait of the hus¬ 
band of one of these ladies. He was the son of Badama’s 
sister, and a fine young man. Of the wife of the prince’s 
favourite aide-de-camp I also obtained a good portrait, but 
did not succeed well with the other ladies. 
As the day advanced I was obliged to leave my photography 
and pack up my clothes, and other articles. I then paid a 
visit to Prince Bamonja, and others; and after four o’clock 
tried my photography again, and secured a few more portraits. 
Just as I was removing the apparatus, a note came from the 
palace with a request from the princess that if possible I would 
take the likeness of Prince Bamonja’s daughter, her adopted 
child, in the morning; to which I could only reply that I 
would try. My house was now crowded with friends. Many 
brought presents as memorials of affection and kind feeling. 
They remained until midnight was past, when I was glad of a 
few hours’ rest. 
The young princess, Bamonja’s daughter, came early. The 
light was good, and I obtained a nice half-length portrait. I 
afterwards tried a full-length, but did not succeed so well. 
Numbers were waiting anxious to secure their likenesses; and 
I took several of the officers of the palace, and some of my 
* His portrait is the foremost in the group of full-length figures at p. 129. 
