New Testaments and the Customs, 367. Normal school, the, 166. Nurses, trained, 195. Old disciple, 142. Ophir, 14. Pakenham, Mr., 70. Palace Church Evangelist, conduct of, 119. Palanquin-bearers, difficulty with, 123; strike among, 150. Paris Missionary Society, work of, 352. Pastorate, the native, 374. Persecution, the first, 42. Pigs, 97; adventure with, 172. Pilkington, Colonel R., gift of, 199. Pillans, Rev. J., visit of, 98. Powell, Dr., 47. ‘Praying,’ 42. Proclamation on education, 162; of freedom, 216. Proverbs, Malagasy, 30. Quarterly meetings, 174; vigour of, 215. Questions put to converts, 54; curious, 92. Quinine, sale of, 178; use of, 222. Radàma I, reign of, 20. Radàma II, reign of, 69; character of, 71; death of, 72. Rafàralàhy, story of, 46. Rafàravàvy, story of, 43. Rafàravàvy Marìa, story of, 49. Rainiàsivòla, death of, 58. Rainihàrisòa, robbery of, 302. Rainilaiàrivòny, deposition of, 300. Rainitslandàvaka, 27. Rakòtobè, 26. Rakòtovào, story of, 101. Ramàrindàlana, death of, 56. Ràmitràha, story of, 51, 60. Rànavàlona I, reign of, 26; character of, 25, 27, 39, 68; death of, 26, 65; on soap-making, 35; her edict against Christianity, 42; her cruelty, 66. Rànavàlona II, reign of, 74; policy of, 75; founds a chapel royal, 77; a nursing-mother of the church, 203; judgement of, 205; death of, 243. Rànavàlona III, reign of, 243; deception practised on, 296; surrender of, 300; banishment of, 346; arrest of, 352; banished to Bourbon, 353, 356. Rànìvo, death of, 59. Ràsalàma, story of, 44. Ràsohèrina I, reign of, 72; her tolerant policy, 72; death of, 74. Ràsomoèly, death of, 283. Razàka, story of, 50; baptism of, 61; his use of the Bible, 62; liberation of, 67; character of, 251; story of, 254; death of, 265. Reading-classes, 208. Religious Tract Society, grants of, 364. Revival in the capital, 287. Rising against the French, 307; sufferings caused by, 311. Robbers, 110. Rock, the Tarpeian, 57. Roman Catholic missionaries compared with Protestant, 23; priests, policy of, 69; persecution of native converts by, 325 sq.; increase of, 375. Sabbath desecration, 272. Sabbath worship, 76, 78, 100. Sàkalàvas, the, 245. Salaries of native pastors, 207. Saluting the fowls, 223. Schools, statistics of, 39; starting of, 101; village, state of, 161; state of, 193; statistics of, 195; building of, 198; progress of, 213. Scriptures, the, translation of, 23, 29, 40. Sewell, J., visit of, 190.