CHAPTER IX

AUTUMN AND WINTER 116

Old Towns—Ancient and Modern Tombs—Memorial Stones—Great

Markets—Imèrina Villages—Their Elaborate Defences—Native

Houses—Houses of Nobles—Hova Children—Their Dress and

Games—Village Churches—And Schools—A School Examination—Aspects

of Nightly Sky Epidemics in Cold Season—Vegetation

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