[78] See Matt. 13 : 12; 25 : 29.
[79] Here is an indication of the witness-bearing nature of these accessories of the rite.
[80] Compare these blessings and cursings with those under the Mosaic laws: Deut. 27 : 9-26; 28 : 1-68.
[81] See Matt. 6 : 31, 32.
[82] “This is a natural, simple, and beautiful allusion in common use among the Malagasy, to denote an inseparable association. The rice is planted in water, grows in water, is boiled in water, and water is the universal beverage taken with it when eaten.”
[83] Ellis’s Hist. of Madagascar, I., 187-190.
[84] Cited in Ellis’s Hist. of Mad., I., 191, note.
[85] St. John’s Life in the Forests of the Far East, I., 116 f.
[86] In “The Century Magazine” for July, 1885, p. 437.
[87] Forbes’s A Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, p. 452.