AMONG THE SOUTH-EASTERN PEOPLES 257
Hova Conquest of and Cruelties to the Coast Tribes—The
Traveller’s Tree and its Fruits—A Hova Fort—Ball Head-dressing
—Rice-fields—Volcanic Phenomena—Vòavòntaka Fruit—A
Well-dunged Village—Water from the Traveller’s Tree—We
are stopped on our Way—A Native Distillery—Taisàka Mat
Clothing—Bark Cloth—Native Houses and their Arrangement
—Secondary Rocks—Ankàrana Fort—A Hospitable Reception—A
Noisy Feast—“A Fine Old _Malagasy_ Gentleman”—A Hearty
“Set-Off”—Primitive Spoons and Dishes—Burial Memorials