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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
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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
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