6 MARCH 1897, Page 26

Among the Mdnabe : Thirteen Months in Madagascar. By the

Rev. G. Herbert Smith. (S.P.C.K.)—The M(iab are a division of the SakaLava tribe which inhabits the west coast of Madagascar. If the novas, who have, or had, a nominal supremacy over the Sakalavas, are not altogether to be commended, the subject tribe, which seems, by the way, to behave much as it pleases, is far worse. Mr. Herbert Smith and his friend, who had some previous experience of Madagascar, had a sufficiently exciting time. They seem, however, not to have lost hope that something may be made out of the people. But we should like to know where the French come in. France is almost as hostile to any non-Roman missionaries as the Roman Empire was to the Christian Church.