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pais Madecase, par Ptolomee Memuthias, par Pline Cerne, par 
l’Autheur de la Gdographie Nubienne , par les Perses & Arabes 
Sarandib : mais son vray nom est Madecase. 5 —Flacourt, p. 1. 
P. 49. Sieur Desbrosses’s journey to la Hayfouchy.—Lahifotsy’s 
territory is marked ‘ Lahefonti 5 on Sanson’s map, and shown there 
to extend from Port St. Vincent to Port St. Jacques, between the 
Ranomainty and the Ranomena rivers ; answering to the modern 
Fiherenana country rather than to Menabe. 
P. 50. Baytsileau.—It is believed that this is the earliest notice in 
print of the now well known Betsileo tribe. Part of the Betsileo 
country is yet known as c Arindrano ’ ; and the name ‘ Eringdranes 
is shown on Sanson’s map. A portrait of a Betsileo woman is given 
at p. viii. 
P. 51. Women of Antaisaka. Illustration.—The people of Antaisaka 
belong, according to Dr. Catat, to the great Bara tribe. They are 
extremely jealous of their independence and are very warlike. They 
formed part of the hostile and savage races surrounding the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Fort Dauphin. The figure shows the simbo or corset 
and the simple mat petticoat. 
P. 51. Samesam.—This is the name given on the east coast of 
Africa to the red glass beads most prized by the savages. 
P. 51. Mannelers.—‘Menilles’ has been translated ‘Mannelers,’ 
the expression used by Drury for these bangles which were manu¬ 
factured for trading with savage Africans and Indians. 
P. 53. Zanharre.—Zanahary, j. (Za particle, Nahary to create), 
God, the Creator, the Supreme Being. Vide Richardson’s Dic¬ 
tionary. 
P. 54. Unlucky days.—Consult the papers on ‘ Sikidy ’ and 
‘Vintana’ in vol. iii. of the Antananarivo Annual by L. Dahle. 
He points out (p. 460) how children born on bad days were regarded 
as unlucky, and hence the practice of infanticide. Cf Flacourt, 
part i. chap. xxix. p. 91, ‘Des auortemens d’enfans, delaissemens, 
& abandon aux bestes sauvages.’ 
P. 54. Circumcision.—Flacourt minutely describes the elaborate 
ceremonies connected with the annual celebration of this rite. 
Chap. xx. pp. 63, et seq. 
P. 56. Funerals and Tombs. Emounouques and Houses of the Devil.— 
De Flacourt gives the word as ‘ Oemounouques ou sepulcres de leurs 
Ancestres,’ cap. xi. p. 29. In cap. xxxi. the same author describes 
the deposition of a chiefs body in ‘ un Amounoucque ou cimetiere 
proche de ces ancestres. . . .’ 
‘ Emounoques & Trangues de Belitchi,’ writes M. Grandidier, are 
corruptions of the Malagasy words, Amonoka (lit. cemeteries), and 
Trano (lit. houses), Belitsa (the devil). 
P. 57. Rohandryes, a Race of Chiefs.—‘ Rohandrian, c’est h dire 
Prince, Seigneur, Monsieur.’ Vide De Flacourt, Explication de 
quelques noms. ‘ Dans cette Province il y a de deux sortes de genre 
