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CONTENTS. 
CHAP. VIII. 
General Characteristic—Mode of Living — Furniture- 
Musical Instruments — Dancing—Social Habits — Diver¬ 
sions—Hunting Buffaloes , Wild Boars, and Alligators — 
Fishing—Treatment of Run-away Slaves — Riches — As¬ 
tronomy — Language — Ombiasses—Mode of Reckoning . 79 
CHAP. IX. 
Of War—Its Incitements—divided into Three Kinds — 
Provincial Wars—General Wars—Numbers engaged— 
Weapons—Generallisimo chosen—Magicians consulted— 
Mode of Attack—Foreign Wars—Method of suing for 
Peace . 92 
CBAP. X. 
Civil Arts — Iron Foundry •— Goldsmiths — Carpenters — 
Potteries — Weaving — Making of Wines — Indigo — 
Paper—Ink — Pens — Trade carried on by Barter — 
Weights and Measures—Articles of Commerce — Re¬ 
sources — Foreign Trade—Future Prospects — Reflec¬ 
tions on the Failure of the French to establish Colonies 
in Madagascar .102 
CHAP. XI. 
Ancient Form of Government — Ampansacabe , or Sovereign 
—His Privileges—Present Constitution — Kings — Chiefs 
— Filoubeis — Republics — Voadziri—General Code of 
Laws .113 
CHAP. XII. 
Reflections on the History of barbarous Nations — Portu¬ 
guese Settlements—Pronis appointed Governor by the 
East-India Company—Suspended for his Cruelty — Fla- 
court succeeds him—Returns to France and obtains a 
fresh Commission—Perishes with his Associates in re¬ 
turning to Madagascar—French Influence declines — 
Fort Dauphin burnt .122 
