IVÒHITRÒSA 246
Ivòhitròsa—Native Dress—a Grand Waterfall—Wild Raspberries—The
Ring-tailed Lemur—The Mouse-Lemur—A Heathen Congregation
—Unlucky Days—Month Names—The _Zàhitra_ Raft—A Village Belle
and her “Get-up”—The Cardamom Plant—Beads, Charms and
Arms—Bamboos and Pandanus—A Forest Altar—Rafts and Canoes
—Crocodiles—Their Bird Friends—Ordeal by Crocodile—Elegant
Coiffure—A Curious Congregation—Ambòhipèno Fort—We reach the
Sea—Gigantic Arums—Sea-shells—Pulpit Decoration—Butterflies
—Protective Structure in a Certain Species—An Arab Colony—Arabic
Manuscripts—Frigate-birds and Tropic-birds—Other Sea-birds