. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . with amantle called a lamba. This article of ap-parel is disposed as variously as the Abyssin-ians tobe. The Hovas are distinguished byhaving their lambas edged with a border offive broad stripes. Their houses, to whichallusion has already been made, are formedexclusively of vegetable materials. Thewalls are formed by driving rows of ])ostsinto the ground at unequal distances, andfilling in the sj
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . with amantle called a lamba. This article of ap-parel is disposed as variously as the Abyssin-ians tobe. The Hovas are distinguished byhaving their lambas edged with a border offive broad stripes. Their houses, to whichallusion has already been made, are formedexclusively of vegetable materials. Thewalls are formed by driving rows of ])ostsinto the ground at unequal distances, andfilling in the sjiaces with the strong leaf-stalkaof tlie travellers tree. Each leaf-stalk is?about ten feet in length, and they are fixedin their places by flat laths. The roof isthatched with the broad leaves of the sametree, tied firmly on the very stee]i eaves in-oject well beyond the walls,so as to form a veranda round the house,under which the benches are placed. Thefloor is covered with a sort of boarding madeof the travellers tree. The bark is strippedott and beaten flat, so as to form boards oftwenty feet or so in length, and fifteen inchesin width. These boards are laid on the floor. I. TRAVELLING IN MADAGASCAE.(See page 693.) (692) THE ART OF TRAVEL. 693 , although they are not nailed, they keeptheir places tirmly. This travellers tree is one of the mostuseful plants in Madagascar. It is a sort ofpalm, and its broad leaves, besides supplyingthatch and walls for the houses, furnish acopious supply of fresh water. The wateris found in the hollow formed by the man-ner in which the base of the leaf-stem em-braces the trunk from which it springs, andthe liquid is obtained by piercing the leaf-stem with a spear. A full quart of water isobtained from each leaf, and it is so purethat the natives will rather walk a little dis-tance to a travellers tree, than supply tliein-selves with water from a stream at their feet. The Malagasy have some knowledge ofmusical sounds, and have
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