Vòhitra volcano, 215 Volcanic belt, 224 Volcanoes, extinct, 215 Vòlombòrona Mountain, 219 Vòromahèry or hawk, 84 Ungulata, species of, 67 Unhealthiness of the coast, 42 Unlucky days, 205, 247 Uranid butterfly, 281 _Usnea_, 65, 143 Walking-stick mantis, 280 Wallace, Dr A. R., 64 Wasp, black, 99 Water conveyances, 282 Water-courses, 79 Waterfalls, 152, 242 Water-hens, 210 Water-lilies, 49, 201 Water-plants, 201, 281 Water-pots, 97 Water-producing insects, 91 Water-snakes, 134 Water yam or lace-leaf plant, 53 Weapons, ancient, 227 Weaver-bird, 169 Webs, spiders’, 108, 163, 166 Whales, 275 Wheeled vehicles, 274 Whistling teal, 186 White-backed duck, the, 186 White lemur, a, 146 Wild boar or river-hog, 136 Wild duck on Lake Itàsy, 210 Wild fowl, 185 Wild man, a, 147 Windows, absence of, 45 Winds, prevailing, 73 Winter, 113 Words denoting different appearances of nature, 95 Yams, wild, 152 _Zàhitra_, or raft, a, 247 Zànatsàra clan, 218 Zomèna, Chief, 235 _Zozòro_, the, 108 _Zygæna malleus_, 40 THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical, punctuation and accenting errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Pg 16 List of Maps: the ‘Physical’ map was moved in front of the ‘Ethnographical’ map, with page numbers of 16 and 17 respectively. Pg 38: ‘hartstongue fern’ replaced by ‘hart’s-tongue fern’. Pg 53: ‘at Pamplemouses’ replaced by ‘at Pamplemousses’. Pg 94: ‘1.3 (P.M.)’ replaced by ‘1.30 (P.M.)’. Pg 98: ‘and wearing’ replaced by ‘and weaving’. Pg 110: ‘called Centelidæ’ replaced by ‘called Centetidæ’. Pg 149 Footnote [13]: ‘indebted to the the’ replaced by ‘indebted to the’. Pg 191: ‘as the _lòpa_’ replaced by ‘as the _làpa_’. Pg 229: ‘of Ambòsita’ replaced by ‘of Ambòsitra’. Pg 241: ‘tree miles across’ replaced by ‘three miles across’. Pg 243: ‘Cheirgaleus major’ replaced by ‘Cheirogaleus major’. Pg 272: ‘Agræcum superbum’ replaced by ‘Angræcum superbum’. Pg 274: ‘that that was a’ replaced by ‘that there was a’. Index: the spelling of some entries has been changed to match the spelling in the main text. Many accents have been added to match the accenting in the main text.