THE CHANGING MONTHS IN IMÈRINA: CLIMATE, VEGETATION AND
LIVING CREATURES OF THE INTERIOR 75
The Seasons in Madagascar—Their Significant Names—Prospect
from Summit of Antanànarìvo—Great Rice-plain—An
Inundation of the Same—Springtime: September and October
—Rice-planting and Rice-fields—Trees and Foliage—Common
Fruits—“Burning the Downs”—Birds—Hawks and Kestrels—Summer:
November to February—Thunderstorms and Tropical
Rains—Lightning and its Freaks—Effects of Rain on Roads—Rainfall
—Hail—Magnificent Lightning Effects—Malagasy New Year