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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 6957, 8 September 1883, Page 3

The special correspondent of the London Standard writes that Tamatave, the principal port of Madagascar, has no harbor, but within a coral iee{ is a smooth aachorage. The forest comes down to the shore, and the housei of the little town are almost concealed by the wealth of tropical vegetation. The huts are built of bamboos, pa'.m leaves, and the staves <>} rum casks, and ill every hut there is a cask of rum on tap. The Governor lives in the fort, which is circular, about 150 yards in diameter, protected by earthworks and masonry, and capable of resisting a consider* able attack, but not of retaliation. The Queen has at her command, it is stated, 6000 well disciplined troops. The troops which Mr Cameron saw were all tall, lithesome men of of the usual Hova-Malay type, with high cheek bones, and lung, lanky hair. There is also a large body of speasmen. Mr Cameron’s description of the artillery he saw at Tamatave only serves to raise a smile ; but the Hovas in his belief, some 5000 Sniders, and from 10,000 to 15,000 American Remington rifles.

Flies and Bugs, beetles, insects, roache*, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jackrabbits, cleared out by “Rough on Eats.” 74d. Moses, Moss, and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 0

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