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LEVIATHAN SLAIN PROVIDES LEATHER FOR COMMERCE
| Crocodiles abound in the rivers and lakes of Madagascar, and their slaughter and the preparation of their skins for commercial uses is a growing industry in European hands. The natives, however, have a superstitious dread of these monsters, which prevents their attempting to kill them, believing that if a crocodile is killed its fellows will exact a human life in expiation |
WILLING LITTLE CHILDREN HELPING MOTHER TO GET DINNER
| Rice is the staple food of all the Malagasy tribes, and appears at every meal. Manioc root, potatoes, and other vegetables also form part of the ordinary dietary, with a little meat or fish. Other things eaten as a relish with rice are snails, locusts, certain kinds of caterpillars, moths, and a heterogeneous collection of creatures dredged from shallow water and including shrimps, water-beetles, and insect larvae, so that a certain variety is ensured to this otherwise vapid food |