Vol. IL] 
In manne anno, 
yich 2°: 
‘Emgombe vooffe, angondri, offe, ak Lohoo, 
woofe. In gelt oxen, fheep, goats, and 
gelt fowls. ~ 
Zahar te acco. { will take fome. 
Intonio oola, meinte mande, anya em- 
Wherein art thou 
Bote mabague angombe mitondre ef 
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pocla, angomoe worl  foola angomb C5 
fanmane. Ce ome hither, negro, go to 
the mountain for oxen, and tetch “for ty 
gelt oxen and ten cows. 
[ze marmare MIRZA, mee enfandok 
aninoi teanno. Yt is much, look into 
iny cheit for what thou wilt. — 
Vax annoo tea% omii anguema Addi, 
barez, moadindiny vague, Morse). HIG 
So), meneomene feinte. zaparal raivoo. 1 
kno not if thou wilt give me coral 
and beads oy many colours, green, yel- 
low, xed, black. © 
into famboorre. Take fome. 
Zaa citea “anbo ores ona ailii0. I 
will not take, uniels thou givelt me. 
Into famboorre, voofe faibe a enuoofe, 
ennoo wvo0fe, mafjai fai, entangue ewalt 
ennoo. “Vake this necklace, put it on 
thy Beck, and take theft mot tley brace- 
lets for thy wife. 
Arsint Cittr ange, eninnt femmefemme 
trangano. Come to my houle, it is 
thine. 
Zaa jitia trangana roandrie, aa teas 
trangands. Y will not, thy houfe, fir, 
but one to myfelf. 
_ Samboorre trangane menequali. 
the howe of my ‘wife. ’ 
“Zaa teace. 1 confent to it. 
Accorwali ajlai fzdek, allai fit, ve- 
bongas, loo-wees cola, Vana ted, trangano. 
Awiot voandrie, rie madhai. My wite, 
clear away thy chefts,’ mats, pots, and 
difhes.” Strangers want thy” houle. 
pS 
Come, fr, the is gone. 
Take 
Mande hanne, manfwoonder matte. Go 
away, the fun is dying. aati 
faa aviot emarray empiffes I fhall 
come again to-morrow. 
Salam zanyak, abi tooisalle, akor farake 
Gocd day, my children, are you well? 
Fante Yes. ~ 
Tzangare lambe faikai anmemi, haze 
darwa en loatambo. VV iiak, 1s this net 
firetched between two bits of wood, 
fattened at the ends on which you lie? 
Engare lamb hemandre Marten. bets to 
reft the body upon. he 
Anbanne manne Rar 
in mind. is 
* Quelle quelle, ampanguinaira oola-France 
manne xare mapa meas tootola. So fo, 
in a fhort time you will {ce menef Frange 
dg. many other ota 
Wou are rich 
Of the Language of Madagafcar. 
937 
Alo. What? 
Meaz trangibas tombook trangue vaties 
trangue ambone. haze, lawa verwvan lawea 
femme famme, trang ue France muffe fea lande 
vonangondre, voolofe vsolangombe mene 
meinte monguemonguevaque tootolabi. They 
will toil to Build fine houfes of wood and 
ftone,’ with great decors “and widows, 
like thofe’ 6f Mteton ‘decked with cloths 
of filk, wocl, mohair, ox-hair, ” re 4 
black, yellow, orn and all ‘colors. 
laye “cola main.  Theié men’ are 
clever. oeecn aa Heh hs 
Rez mahat amboolle antanne famboorre 
meax, engamere, fatroo carts lambe foofe. 
They know to tow, plant, reap, make 
thoes, hats, and white fiven: id 
“Alo oola ‘mabai meaz andracalle an- 
dracalle. ‘Why do your men toil da 
after day ? 
Oola fe meaz moofquine pete VER 
amp donguinaira cola meax manne mabara 
Dit ampanguneira. “The man who toils 
not is poor and hungers, but the man 
who toils gets drunk and grows richy 
Zabat annuree fr mahai mear moofquine 
rex ampangiinaira. Then if we toil 
not we are to be poor and to hunger. 
Accorre tampoo Zanbarrei angarra yan 
harre re fiea meas, andracelle andracatle 
moofquine’ ali. Tf our common inafter, 
God, will not accept our toil, though we 
work day after day, it profits not. 
Taiza Zanbarre sabai fmaiia. Who 
is this God? J never faw him.: ” 
Re tocimooranbon re ampooras tootoolle 
olla tanne tooioclle abi manfwandre wooed 
veak rag VINCI UES haxes abets. He. 
dwells in heaven; he is the father of all 
men of all the earth, the tun, the moon, 
the fea, the beafts, the ‘rivers, the trees, 
the plants. 
Laa tea mizandri zaa itandri rawor 
amponcuinaiva, Y would fain fee him. 
I fhould be very g clad of it. 
~ Anno tte abi to0t00 awerer fu biti amné 
tangue aunt oola ampanzac tai M lanafiae 
Thou feeit him every where ; hait tnow 
not feen him in the hand of our prieft 
at Manafia > 
Zaa ite cola ampauzac ampoo warre 
famboorre amni Langtie booroo beoroo foofe 
mofjayor vaque ap elit ammnifing ue abelin 
fik moone minor Cig Eraein eng saa pitt 
zanharre. I have {een’ your prieft talk, 
and take ia his hands a ‘round white 
thing, | which he -broke and put into 4 
cup 6% wine which he drank ; but 2 
favy not God.’ 
Samme ferme cola vexa biti ampan= 
If thou wert a man of the 
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faigh thou wouldit ike him direstly. 
ah ear Zaha 
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