Thirty years in Madagascar

• Aepyornis, the, 16.
• Affliction, use of, 156.
• Almeida, Don F. de, voyage of, 17.
• Ambàtonakànga (A-kànga), church at, 232;
• state of, 233, 273;
• Sabbath school at, 235;
• state of schools in, 237;
• collections for soldiers, 271;
• troubles in, 279;
• girls’ school at, 288;
• kindness of people of, 365.
• Amusements of children, 269.
• Andrìamihàja, 26.
• Àndrìamònana, story of, 143.
• Andrìanaivoràvèlona, Pastor J., work of, 250;
• banishment of, 346.
• Andrìantàvy, Pastor, 131.
• Andrìantsehèno, Pastor J., 266.
• Antanànarìvo, fall of, 293.
• Antsàmpandràno, church at, 169.
• Arabs in Madagascar, 15.
• Artisans, missionary, 22.

• Baptisms, the first, 39;
• forced, 114.
• Bath, the, festival of, 14.
• Beating, asking for a, 275.
• Bètsilèo Mission, the, 267.
• Bevan, Rev. T., death of, 21.
• Bible, the, translation of, mistakes in, 113;
• first Malagasy, 157;
• revision of, 248;
• changes in, 249.
• Bible-classes, 145, 157.
• Bible teaching, 174.
• Blind girl, story of a, 143.
• Bliss, Miss M. T., 243.
• Boegner, M., visit of, 353.
• Bond, Hon. John, 18.
• Boothby, R., book of, 18.
• Boy communicants, 116.
• Brick-making, 125.
• Brigands, 276.
• British treaty with France, 286.
• Bullock, a, presented, 189.
• Burglars, 276.
• Burning of martyrs, 56.

• Cameron, Mr. J., on soap-making, 35;
• story of, 38;
• quoted, 85.
• Carpenters, dispute with, 130.
• Cases, the question of, 209.
• Catechism, the, translation of, 244.
• Catechizing, 193.
• Cave, the, 50.
• Certificates, use of, 106.
• Chapel royal, the, 77.
• Charms, native, 31, 223.
• Chief, case of a poor, 219.
• Children’s Scripture Mission formed, 237.
• Chloroform, use of, 109.
• Conscription, 180;
• anecdote of, 181.
• Contributions of native church, 220, 226, 271.
• Cousins, Rev. W. E., quoted, 69, 70, 74, 76, 77, 86, 91, 186.
• Criminals, treatment of, 66.
• Crucifixion, punishment of, 24.

• D’Abrew, J. G., 17.
• Dead, burial of the, 202.
• Delirium, native, 223.
• Dentistry, 107, 151.
• Diaz, Bartholomew, 16.
• Discipline, church, 93, 272, 275.
• Disease, native views of, 223.
• Divorce, cases of, 34, 135.
• Divorce of trade, the, 111.
• Doll prizes, 269.
• Drainage, 97.
• Dress, the question of, 104.
• Drink, question of the, 179.
• Duchesne, General, expedition of, 292;
• conquest of the capital by, 293;
• character of, 301;
• recall of, 305.

• Edresi, writings of, 15.
• Education, progress of, 39, 101, 163.
• Ellis, Rev. W., visit of, 62, 63.
• Emancipation of the slaves, 305.
• Escande, Pasteur B., on shooting of natives, 325 sq.;
• murder of, 353, 358.
• Examinations, school, 178.

• Fànompòana, the, 130.
• Fàravòhitra, martyrdoms at, 57.
• Farquhar, Sir R., 19.
• Fees, a question of, 151.
• Feudal service, 130.
• Fever, malarial, 95, 99;
• ravages of, 221.
• Fìhàonana, mission at, 96, 99;
• school at, 174.
• Freebooters, 110.
• French, the, difficulties with, 239;
• banished the island, 240;
• treaty with, 280;
• disputes with, 291;
• expeditionary force sent to the island, 292;
• free the slaves, 305;
• rising against, 307;
• subjugation of the island by, 312;
• severe policy of, 314;
• conduct towards the London Missionary Society, 316;
• murders by, 324;
• take over the island, 355;
• present policy of, 361;
• administration of, 369.
• French corporal, story of a, 365.
• Frere, Sir Bartle, visit of, 106.
• Funerals, native, 202;
• expenses of, 227.

• Gallieni, General, rule of, 314;
• character of, 317;
• his opinion of mission work, 318;
• his proclamation banishing the queen, 355.
• Gilpin, Miss H., work of, 175, 243.
• Girl, native, story of, 175.
• Girls’ school, difficulties of, 215.
• Gore-Jones, Admiral, visit of, 229.
• Government service, 130.
• Griffiths, Mr. D., 47.

• Hammond, W., book of, 18.
• Hastie, Mr., first British Consul, 20.
• Heat, the, 227.
• Heathen revenge, 323.
• Heathenism, character of, 28.
• Horse-boy, story of a, 360.
• Horses, 149.
• Hova sovereigns, authority of, 312;
• officials, character of, 373.
• Hovas, history of, 15;
• immorality of, 111;
• politeness of, 112;
• respect for the dead, 137.
• Husband and wife question, a, 115.
• Huts, native, 129.
• Hymns and tunes, 184.

• Idol, royal, burnt, 78.
• Ile Dauphiné, 17.
• Immorality, native, 110, 371.
• Infanticide, 32.
• Interpreter, treachery of, 229.

• Jesuit priests, conduct of, 102, 241;
• deceit of, 321.
• Johnson, Captain, conduct of, 246.
• Johnson, W. and L., murder of, 302.
• Jones, Rev. D., first missionary, 21.

• Knife prizes, 269.

• Laborde, M. 70.
• Làmba, use of, 202.
• Lambert, M., 70.
• Language reduced to writing, 23;
• softness of, 62.
• Laroche, M., character of, 305;
• frees the slaves, 305.
• Laurence, St., island of, 17.
• Le Sage, mission of, 20.
• Legacy, the first, to the church, 203.
• Lightning, struck by, 217.
• Livingstone, Dr., quoted, 133.
• Local preacher, a, sermon of, 92;
• a strange, 105;
• story of a, 367.
• Losses caused by the rebellion against the French, 311;
• by French excesses, 323.
• Lovett, Rev. R., quoted, 45, 47, 52, 63, 70.
• Lucky days, 32.

• Madagascar, description of, 13;
• Jews’ connexion with, 14;
• tribes in, 15;
• Arabs in, 15;
• French intercourse with, 17;
• etymology of, 17;
• slave trade in, 19;
• orgies in, 24;
• immorality in, 24, 110;
• beliefs in, 29;
• proverbs in, 30;
• superstition in, 31;
• scenery of, 84;
• slavery in, 109;
• progress of Christianity in, 138;
• becomes a French colony, 355;
• church statistics of, 377.
• Magaster, 16.
• Malagasy, family names of, 270;
• present state of, 274;
• traits of, 281;
• conduct of, 297;
• improvement in morals of, 371.
• Manse built, 125.
• Marco Polo, work of, 16.
• Marriage, native views of, 206.
• Married things, 184.
• Martyr Memorial Church, building of, 158;
• opening of, 186;
• mending floor of, 196.
• Martyrdoms, the first, 45.
• Matthews, Rev. T. T., sent out, 82;
• journey to the capital, 83;
• illness of, 87;
• visits Vònizòngo, 94;
• builds a house, 96;
• first Sabbath at Fìhàonana, 100;
• mission work of, 102;
• his medical work, 107, 118;
• surgical operations, 108;
• work on, language, 111;
• cases of advice, 114;
• visit to the capital, 123;
• goes back to station, 123;
• difficulty with palanquin-bearers, 123;
• builds a manse, 125;
• his palanquin-bearers, 150;
• a quick journey, 154;
• a trying journey, 154;
• illness of, 160;
• itineration by, 172;
• turned out of bed, 172;
• opens Martyr Memorial Church, 186;
• on slavery, 190;
• school built, 198;
• attacked by fever, 208;
• school work, 213;
• marvellous escape from lightning, 217;
• heat-apoplexy, 227;
• return to the island, 230;
• goes to A-kànga, 233;
• becomes member of Revision Committee, 248;
• visits Bètsilèo Mission, 267;
• acts as gatekeeper, 268;
• attacked by robbers, 276;
• his literary work, 362.
• Matthews, Mrs., illness of, 99;
• starts a sewing-class, 101, 145;
• accident to, 153;
• illness of, 160, 216;
• escape from lightning, 218.
• Matthews, Miss, work of, 288.
• Medical work, 107.
• Miller, Hugh, quoted, 278.
• Minault, Pasteur, murder of, 353, 358.
• Mistakes in language by missionaries, 112.
• Moon-stroke, 227.
• Mullens, Rev. Dr., visit of, 98;
• on school work, 162;
• on Razàka, 263.

• Native agents, importance of, 144.
• 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.
• Sewing-class started, 101, 145.
• Sheep’s rump, the, 206.
• Shoemaker, story of a native, 367.
• Singing-classes, 183.
• Slave trade, 19;
• abolished, 20.
• Slaves, position of, 109;
• native opinion of, 190;
• emancipation of, 216;
• decree of freedom for, 305.
• Small-pox, visitation of, 224.
• Soap question, the, 35.
• Soldier-schoolmasters, 164.
• Soldiers, runaway, 109.
• Soot, 270.
• Spicer, Alderman Evan, visit of, 362.
• Squire-pastors, 140.
• Statistics, church, 317.
• Stoning, death by, 64.
• Storm, fearful, 217.

• Tàmatàve, blockade of, 246.
• Teacher, honesty of a native, 285.
• Teachers, native, 164.
• Ten Years Review, quoted, 291.
• Thompson, Rev. R. Wardlaw, visit of, 362.
• Thrashed to church, 119.
• Traitors, native, 297.
• Translation work, 23, 29, 40, 363.
• Travellers’ tales, 173.
• Tunes and hymns, 184.
• Turning of the dead, 202.

• Vaccination, 224.
• Vanderkemp, Dr., visit of, 21.
• Vasco da Gama, 16.
• Victoria, Queen, message of, 73.
• Vilers, M. Le Myre, 291.
• Vònizòngo, mission work in, 48;
• examination of converts in, 54;
• description of, 88;
• mission work in, 90;
• state of people of, 120.

• Wages, native, 128.
• Wives of missionaries, their work, 147.
• Women, position of, 34;
• services for, 267.
• Wreck of churches, 323.
• Writing, introduction of, 23.

• Zànakàntitra, the, conspiracy of, 303.

OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY