THE SOUTH-EASTERN PEOPLES 270
A Built Boat—In the Bush—A Canoe Voyage—Canoe Songs—The
_Angræcum_ Orchids—Pandanus and Atàfa Trees—Coast
Lagoons—A Native Dance—A Wheeled Vehicle—Lost in the
Woods—A Fatiguing Sunday—Dolphins and Whales—Forest
Scenery—A Tanàla Funeral—Silence of the Woods—The Sound
of the Cicada—Mammalian Life—Hedgehogs and Rats—Why
are Birds comparatively so few?—Insect Life in the Forest—A
Stick-Insect—Protective Resemblances—The Curious Broad-bill
Bird—Minute Animal Life in a River Plant—Ambòhimànga
in the Forest—A Tanàla Chieftainess—River-fording and Craft—We
reach the Interior Highland—Bétsiléo Tombs—Return to
Antanànarìvo