Rose-apple, the, 91 Rum drinking, 176 Sago palms, 41 Ste Marie, Isle, 42 Sàkalàva, 176, 299 _Salàka_, or loin-cloth, 55 _Sàmpy_, or household charm, 98 Sanatoria, 127 Sand-bars, 36 Sand-grouse, 291 Sandalwood, 159 Sawfish, 40 Scenery, 41 Scenery of the coast, 37 Scorpions, 160 Screw-pine, 250 Sea-birds, 256 Seasons, the, 75 Serpents, 43 Shark, the hammer-headed, 40 Shaw, Mr G. A., 235 Shells, 35; _Conus_, _Triton_, _Cypræa_, _Oliva_, _Mitra_, _Cassis_, 36 Shrimps, 107 Sihànaka, the, 173, 184, 195, 203 Silk, spiders’, 109 _Sìmpona_, species of lemur, 169 _Siòna_, 159 Sloth, extinct species of, 223 Smelting stations, 156 Snakes, 43, 44 Snare for birds, 185 Snow, absence of, 113 _Solanum auriculatum_, 125 Solitary wasps, 100 _Sòngosòngo_, the, 146 _Sopubia triphylla_, 101 Spade, the native, 79 Sphærotheria, 160 Spiders, 43, 71, 133, 162, 165 Spiny and prickly plants, 145 Springtime, 79 Stephanotis, 42 Stinging plants, 146 Storks, 69 Street, Mr Louis, 228 Stribling, Rev. E. H., 192 Striped tenrec, 167 Sugar-cane, 49 Sugar-cane press, a, 262 Summer, 84 Sun-birds, 32, 137 Sunsets, beautiful, 123 Swine, extinct species of, 223 Taimòro tribe, the, 273 Taisàka, the, 262 Tàkatra, or stork, 69 Tamarind-trees, 295 Tamatave, 21; governor of, 24; garrison, 26 Tanàla, the, 147, 245, 249, 250 Tangèna, the, 38 Tanòsy country, a village in the, 163 Tèlomiràhavàvy, 71 _Terminalia catappa_, or “Indian almond,” 273 Terraced hills, 230 Threshing rice, 195 Thunderstorms, 84 Timber, valuable, 158 Time, division of, 87, 93 Tin cans on memorial poles, 183 Tins, old jam, 192 _Tsìrika_ or blow-pipe, 61 _Tòkan-tòngotra_, 159 Tombs in Bétsiléo, 231, 283 Tombs, Hova, 72, 114 Tortoises, 201, 301 Tortoises, extinct, 223 _Trachylobium verrucosa_, 42 _Tràndraka_ or hedgehog, 167 Trànomàro, 35 Trap-door spiders, 165 Traveller’s tree, 49, 257, 260 Travelling in Madagascar, 28, 229 Tree-duck, 186 Tree-ferns, 57 Tree-frogs, 153 Trees, introduction of new, 125 _Triton_, 36 Trìtrìva, Lake, 215, 220 Tropic-birds, 256 _Tsikòndry_, the, 280 _Tsingàla_, the, 107 Twilight, 92 _Typhonodorum lindleyanum_, 34 Vàkinankàratra, 208 Valàla river, 69 Valàlanambòa, or dog-locust, 112 _Valìha_, the, 56 Vangàindràno, 261 Variety of face and colour, 56 _Vàtolàhy_, or “male stones,” 116 Vàvavàto district, the, 161, 219 Vavòny, 41 _Vazìmba_, the, 114, 227, 289 Vegetation, 41, 239 Vehicles, 27 _Véro_, 178 _Vérontsànjy_, 178 _Vernonia appendiculata_, 80 Village squares, 61 Villages, 73 Villages, old style, 119 Vine, the, 81 _Vinca angivensis_, the, 89-90 _Vinca rosea_, 90 Vinson, Dr, 162 Visit of ceremony, a, 24 Vòhilèna, 284