FROM COAST TO CAPITAL: ANDÒVORÀNTO TO MID-FOREST 48
A Canoe Voyage—Crocodiles and their Ways—River Scenery—Traveller’s
Tree—Which is also “The Builder’s Tree”—Maròmby—Coffee
Plantation—Orange Grove—We stick in the
Mud—Difficulties of Road—Rànomafàna and its Hot Springs—Lace-leaf
Plant—Native Granaries—Endurance of Bearers—Native
Traders—Appearance of the People—Native Music and
Instruments—Bamboos—Ampàsimbé—Cloth Weaving—Native
Looms—_Rofìa_-palms—“A Night with the Rats”—Hard Travelling
—Béfòrona—The Two Forest Belts—The Highest Mountains—Forest
of Alamazaotra—Villages on Route—The Blow-Gun