LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Antananarivo: Church at Ampamarinana | [Frontispiece] |
| Ford of the Mandraka | [40] |
| Turtle-head Rock—Ambatomalaza | [54] |
| Tsi-afak-afo from the West | [58] |
| Town of Fianarantsoa | [67] |
| Mr. Pearse’s House | [111] |
| Martyr’s Cave | [119] |
| The Queen’s Residence | [143] |
| Stone Gate at Arivonimamo | [193] |
| Falls of the Ikopa | [225] |
| Gateway of Poles—Mevatanana | [300] |
| Map of Central Provinces of Madagascar | [335] |
CHAPTER I.
WHY AND HOW WE WENT TO MADAGASCAR.
Religious Revolution in Madagascar—The Idols burned—Increased Help sent from England to the Mission—A Deputation appointed to visit the Island—Our Journey thither—Marseilles—Naples—Fellow-passengers—The Suez Canal—Aden—The Indian Ocean—Mauritius—The Bullockers—Passage across—Tamatave; the Town, Port, and Market—English and Native Friends—Sunday—The Native Churches and their Worship—Help they need—Importation of Rum into Madagascar and its evils—The Trade of Madagascar.
TWELVE MONTHS IN MADAGASCAR.