Chapter VIII: The Sihanaka Province and People

Special reason for a visit to this PAGES
Province—Crossing the Granite Moors—Basin 227-267
of the Mananára—Anjozorobe and its
People—Spend Sunday with them—“The Gate of
Rock”—The Wilderness of Ankay—Capital of
the Sihanaka, its Governor and
People—Christian work and the Native
Pastor—Tour round the
District—Ambohidehilahy—Ambodinónoka—Petulance
of our Bearers—The great Swamp and its
Reeds—Ambohitromby—Reception at
Ambohipeno—Amparafaravola and its kind
Governor—A Volcanic
Hill—Ambohijanahary—Ambohitsara—Enquiries
about the Gun—The Alaotra Lake and the
Scenery around it—Marosalázana and its
bright Scholars—Memorials of the
Dead—Whence came the Sihanaka People—How
they became Christians—What the Gospel is
doing for them—Form, Extent and Population
of the District

CHAPTER IX.

OUR JOURNEY TO MOJANGÁ.

Last Meetings in the Capital—Farewell PAGES
interview with the Queen—Departure to 269-320
Vonizongo—North Vonizongo—Angavo—The five
Garrison Towns—Religious condition of their
People—Crossing the Wilderness—No man’s
Land—The Cataracts of the Ikopa—Vast
deposits of Drift—Town of Mevatanána—Voyage
in Canoes—Junction of the Ikopa and
Betsiboka Rivers—Amparihibe—Crocodiles in
the River—The Level Plains—Town of
Trabonjy, its Governor and
People—Marovoay—Arrival at Mojangá: Its
Churches and People—Religious condition of
the District—Trade and History of Mojangá