Excerpt from Madagascar and Its People History of Madagascar, which is a mine of information on the subject, and which, for the period it covers, is the only trustworthy and complete English work yet published upon the country. I have made frequent quotations, which are, I believe, all duly acknowledged. I also take this opportunity of thanking my friends, the Rev. W. Ellis, the late Rev. R. G. Hartley, m.a., Dr. Andrew Davidson, and Mr. John Parrett, for the use of several photographs which have been engraved to embellish the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.