Canals, 37 “Candle-nut-tree,” the, 158 Canoe chants, 271 Canoes, native, 33 Cape Lilac, 81 Cardinal-birds, 32 Carnivora, species of, 66, 167, 303 Carving in Bétsiléo, 230 _Cassia lævigata_, the, 90 _Cassis_, 36 Casuarina, the, 270 Caterpillars, 132 Caterpillars, a bag of, 130 Cattle rearing, 182, 195 _Centetes ecaudatus_, or tail-less tenrec, 167 Centetidæ, the, 278 Centipedes, 160 _Cercopis_ species, 91 Chameleons, 135, 288 Chameleonidæ, species of the, 135 Charms, 86, 249 _Cheirogaleus minor_, 243 Children, Hova, 122 Cicada, the, 171 Clay in building, use of, 96 _Clematis bojeri_, 101 Climate, 75 Climbing plants, 37, 142 Clothing of the Malagasy, 124 Coast-line, the, 36 Coffee, 51 Cold month, the, 124 Commelyna Madagasc., 89 Constellations, Malagasy names for, 125 _Conus_, 36 Convolvuli, 49 _Coraciadæ_, 138 _Coracopsis obscura_, 234 _Corvus scapulatus_, 34 Cory, Mr, 99 _Cosmaria_, 200 Couas, the, 170 Crabs, 35 Crater lakes, 215 Craters, extinct, 208 Crayfish, 157 Crocodiles, 294 Crocodiles of Lake Alaotra, 200 Crocodiles, superstitious dread of, 49 Crocodiles, extinct species of, 223 Crows, 34 Cryptogamic vegetation, 143 Custom, a curious, 194 Customs at the New Year, 88 Customs of the Sihànaka, 203 _Cycas thouarsii_, 41 Cyclones, 148 _Cynoglossum_, 101 _Cypræa_, 36 Dauphine, Fort, 232 Davidson, Dr, 74 Day, divisions of the, 93 Days, uniformity in the length of the, 92 “Death-moths,” 110 Death’s-head moth, 145 Deciduous trees, 125 _Delphinus pas_, 275 Dhows, 307 Dialects, Hova and Malagasy, 236 Dinner with the Governor, 191 Dishes and spoons, primitive, 268 Dolphins, 275 Doorways, Bétsiléo, 236 Dracæna, 289 Dragonflies, 108 Dress, children’s, 125 Dress, Sihànaka, 202 Drury, Robert, 183 Dry season, the, 113 Dye from trees, 158 Earthquake, 224 Earthworms, enormous, 112, 155 Ebony, 159 Eels, 107 _Èfitra_, or desert, 289 Eggs of the _Æpyornis_, 213 Egret, white, 105 Egyptian kite, the, 83 _Eleocarpus sericeus_, leaves of, 158 Embankments, 78 Eucalyptus, cultivation of, 125 Euphorbia, the, 60, 125 _Euryceros prevosti_, 281 _Fàhitra_, or pens for oxen, 121 _Famòa_, 179 _Fànataovana_, or lucky heaps, 155 Fauna and flora, 17 Feather-bellows, 156 Félana, or decoration, 233 Ferns, 59, 128, 157 Fianàrantsòa, 232 Fibres, for rope, 158 _Filanjàna_, the, 18, 24 Fire, method of producing, 151 Fireflies, 271, 284 Firing the grass, 82 Fish, 39; octopus, 40; mullet, 40; prawns and shrimps, 40; shark, 40; saw-fish, 40; dolphins, 275, 303 Fishing, 196 Fishing eagle, 310 “Fitomanìanòmby,” 63 Flamingoes, 210