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Leviathan Slain Provides Leather for Commerce

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

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