CHAPTER VI. EARLY EXPERIENCES 123 CHAPTER VII. SHADOW AND SUNSHINE 142 CHAPTER VIII. DISTRICT JOURNEYS AND INCIDENTS 168 CHAPTER IX. DEVELOPMENT AND CONSOLIDATION 183 CHAPTER X. THE DEAD PAST 202 CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS ALL ALONG THE LINE 213 CHAPTER XII. GATHERING CLOUDS 229 CHAPTER XIII. BIBLE REVISION AND ‘AN OLD DISCIPLE’ 248 CHAPTER XIV. THE LIGHT EXTENDING 267 CHAPTER XV. THE CONQUEST OF MADAGASCAR 291 CHAPTER XVI. TRIALS, TRIUMPHS, AND TERRORS 314 CHAPTER XVII. THE END OF THE MONARCHY 352 CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRIUMPH OF THE GOSPEL 369 INDEX 381 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE REV. T. T. MATTHEWS _Frontispiece_ MAP OF MADAGASCAR _To face page_ 13 MALAGASY HAIR-DRESSING „ 28 A HEATHEN WAR-DANCE „ 28 THE CAVE IN WHICH THE BIBLE WAS HID FOR TWENTY YEARS „ 44 THE FOSSE IN WHICH RASALAMA WAS SPEARED „ 44 THE MARTYRDOMS AT AMPAMARINANA „ 51 THE SPEARING AT AMBOHIPOTSY „ 60 THE STONING AT FIADANANA „ 60 THE BURNING AT FARAVOHITRA „ 60 CRIMINALS IN CHAINS, ILLUSTRATING HOW THE MARTYRS WERE TREATED „ 64 RADAMA I. RADAMA II „ 74 THE ROYAL IDOLS OF MADAGASCAR „ 74 THE PALACE, ANTANANARIVO „ 74 A RIVER SCENE AND A FOREST SCENE IN MADAGASCAR „ 83 HEATHEN MALAGASY „ 110 MALAGASY TYPES: A HOVA PRINCESS. A HOVA CHRISTIAN. A MINSTREL. MALAGASY POUNDING RICE „ 112