The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... Queen Pomare , of whose court she afterward published a sufficiently spirited account , which was read with much interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were ...
... Queen Pomare , of whose court she afterward published a sufficiently spirited account , which was read with much interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were ...
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... Queen Ranavola , after the death of Radama , the new sovereign ordered these people to evacuate the district . They refused to obey the man- date , as they considered the place to be the property of the D GUL French government ...
... Queen Ranavola , after the death of Radama , the new sovereign ordered these people to evacuate the district . They refused to obey the man- date , as they considered the place to be the property of the D GUL French government ...
Page 74
... queen sent 2000 sol- diers , who fell upon the community , killed two white men and a hundred negroes , and dragged away the rest and sold them as slaves . The French government naturally de- manded satisfaction , though there was ...
... queen sent 2000 sol- diers , who fell upon the community , killed two white men and a hundred negroes , and dragged away the rest and sold them as slaves . The French government naturally de- manded satisfaction , though there was ...
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... queen . He had written to her from Paris , requesting permission to pay a second visit , for no one is allowed to land in Madagascar without the queen's consent . He hoped to find this per mission awaiting him at the Mauritius , and ...
... queen . He had written to her from Paris , requesting permission to pay a second visit , for no one is allowed to land in Madagascar without the queen's consent . He hoped to find this per mission awaiting him at the Mauritius , and ...
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... Queen of Madagascar , and had been so wanting in proper consideration for the feelings of peo- ple generally as to neglect to tell every one what the object of these presents really was . Of course , said Mauritian good- nature , it ...
... Queen of Madagascar , and had been so wanting in proper consideration for the feelings of peo- ple generally as to neglect to tell every one what the object of these presents really was . Of course , said Mauritian good- nature , it ...
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Page 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...