TAMATAVE AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE COUNTRY 20 “The Bullocker”—Landing at Tamatave—Meet with New Friends—Landing our Luggage—Bullocks and Bullock Ships—Native Houses—Strange Articles of Food—A Bed on a Counter—First Ride in a _Filanjàna_—At the Fort—The Governor and his “Get-Up”—A Rough-and-Ready Canteen