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On Monday evening the Islant4Hf Vl,dagEacar
formed the subject of two papers read at the Geo-
graphical Society.
Sir R. MURCHISON, who was in the chair, before
the business of the meeting commenced, expressed
the regret he felt at the death of Dr. Barth, and
which all geographers must deplore, whose explora-
tions and surveys in Central Africa had added ma-
terially to the knowledge of that continent. He
then alluded to his notice at the previous meeting
of the failure of two other expeditions into Africa,
and said he was happy to announce that the disas-
ters that had attended them had not been by any
means so serious as the first accounts represented.
M. Du Chaffiu had succeeded in penetrating 200
miles of wild hilly country, not before explored,
when he was compelled to turn back, and he had
brought with him a large number of astronomical
observations, which were now being discussed by the
Astronomer-Royal. M. Du Chaillu had drawn up
an account of his expedition, which would be pre-
sented at the next meeting of the society. With re-
gard to the expedition of Baron Vander Decken on
the eastern coast of Africa, he was glad to say that
the accounts of the loss sustained had been greatly
exaggerated. He had lost only one of his boats, and
that the smaller one, and the last letters stated that
he was preparing to ascend the river Juba in the
larger boat, which was well equipped, and every ono
on board was in high spirits, and felt confident of
success.

The first paper, "On Madagascar," contributed
by Capt. ROOKE, R.N., gave an account of a boat
journey along the coast lakes on the east of the island.
lie commenced his journey in a light boat in April,
1864, commencing at Tamatavi, situated about the
18th degree of south latitude, and he travelled south-
wards for 400 miles, in which course he traversed a
series or lakes near the coast, crossed many rivers,
and had to carry the boat over 20 miles of land.
The country along the range of lakes seemed very
fertile, and was well watered by many rivers that
flowed from the mountains in the centre of the island.

The next paper was on Ankova and the royal or
sacred cities of Madagascar, by the Rev. IV. ELLIS,
a missionary, who gave an interesting account of the
progress of Christianity in the island, and of the
manners and character of the people. He had been
in Madagascar 14 years, during the first seven of
which there had been the most cruel persecution of
professing Christian converts, many of whom were
put to death for having abandoned idolatry. The
Queen who then reigned in the island ruled in the
most arbitrary and tyrannical manner, and cruelly
killed those who offended her without any restraint. •
When she died there wa s great rejoicing in the island,
and her son, who succeeded her, favoured the Chris-
tians. He did not live long, but his widow who
reigned after him continued her protection to the
missionaries, and all further persecution ceased. Mr.
Ellis ascribed the great bitterness of feeling enter-
tained by the idolatrous natives to the Christian
converts to reverence for their ancestors. Every-
thing belonging to them was respected, and no one
would do anything that it might be thought their
spirits would object to ; and as they worshipped
idols when living it was considered they would take
great offence when dead to see the idols despised.
The interior of the country is very hilly, and there
are three mountains of great height—one of them
13,000 feet above the level of the sea, and the
valleys abound in cattle. A great part of Mr. Ellis's
paper was occupied with the narration of native
legends, and with descriptions that had little re-
lation to geography, at which some of the
audience became rather impatient. A great
number of interesting photograghs taken by Mr.
Ellis were on the table, representing dif-
ferent parts of the country, and more par-
ticularly the inhabitants and their occupations.
One of these photographs showed the interior of a
school, another the national assembly of the people,
and others the costumes of the natives, and some of
the most distinguished personages. From these
nictures, rather than from the account given by Mr.
Ellis, it appeared that the natives of Madagascar,
who resemble African negroes, have made consider-
able advances in the arts, their buildings being con-
structed with some architectural pretension.
Mr. CI 1-FORD attributed part_ of the civilisation
of the natives of Madagascar to the Malays, whose
raiiivage is discernible in many of the words in
common use in the island.

Lord Strangford and two or three other members
made a few remarks on the paper ; and Sir R.
Murchison announced that at next meeting, on Jan.
Bth, M. Du Chaillu would be present, and would
read a paper on his explorations in Africa. •

Foreign Mail Packet List.

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can, without going to war ourselves, make the Atlantic
ocean swarm with Mexican and Fenian privateers that
will sweep their commerce from its surface like an East
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France now is to keep civil and step up to the captain's
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time.—New York Herald.

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homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn
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