Excerpt from Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853, 1854, 1856: Including a Journey to the Capital, With Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilisation of the People The chief part of the following pages was written in Madagascar. It was my habit, whether traveling or re siding in one place, to note down, generally at the close of the day, the impressions produced by the novel or attract ive objects I might have met with, or the information I might have gathered from the people. This record of daily occurrences was from time to time sent home in the form of journal letters; and from these letters chiefly the follow ing narratives have been prepared. 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.