FIRST EXPERIENCES OF MADAGASCAR AND ITS PEOPLE.
East Coast of Madagascar, its Character and PAGES
Population—Supplies needed by a Traveller 25-49
to the Capital—Our Journey—Inland
Lagoons—Park-like
Scenery—Andevoranto—Ascend the Iharoka—“See
the conquering Hero comes”—The Pass of
Tániakóva—The Sorrows of the old
Slave-system—System of our Journey—The
great Ridge west of Befórona—Scenery of the
Forest—The Plain of Ankay—The great Ridge
of Angavo and its Forest—The Eastern
Valleys of Imerina—Our Arrival and
Reception—Population of the East Coast
scanty—First Visits—The City
empty—Why—Description of
Antananarivo—Origin, Name, and Growth of
the City—Interest of the Native Churches in
our Visit