LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
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Chart. Opposite i 
Madagascar and the East-African Islands after Edrisi, 1153 8 
Pedro Retnel’s Map of Madagascar, 1517. Opposite 8 
Alfred Grandidier. 9 
Geological Map. Opposite 18 
Geological Section from Majunga to Suberbieville (after 
Leon Suberbie). i. Recent Alluvial P'ormations. 2. Early 
Alluvial Deposits. 3. Chalk. 4. Jurassic Rocks.20 
Madagascar Screw-Palms {Fandamis) .30 
Travellers’ Tree {Ravenala madagascariensis) after Sibree ... 32 
Raphia-Palms {Raphia madagascariensis) .34 
Baobab {Adansonia Grandidieri) from the Revue des Sciences . . 38 
Babakota {Indris hreincandatus) .42 
Ruffed Lemur {Lemur varius) .43 
Ringtailed Lemur {Leimir catta) .45 
SiFAKA {Propithecus) .46 
Madagascar Tenrec {Centetes) .48 
Gigantic Ostrich of Madagascar {^Ppyornis ingens) (Revue des 
Sciences).52 
Actias Cometas.55 
Excrement of the Earthworm Kynotus Darwinii (greatly 
reduced). 58 
Ethnological Map of Madagascar. Opposite 60 
Hova Women (after a photograph by Dr. Voltzkow) Opposite 64 
A Kanusiky-Sakalava of Morondova (from a photograph by 
Dr. A. Voltzkow).66 
A Sakalava Woman. 67 
Sakalava Women (from a photograph by Dr. A. Voltzkow) Opposite 68 
Bara (from the Revue des Sciences).69 
A Tan ALA Girl (from the Revue generale des Sciences) Opposite 72 
A Betsimisaraka with Bamboo-Guitar (from the Revue des 
Sciences). 74 
