116 VISITS TO MADAGASCAR, CHAP. V. CHAP. y. Second Voyage to Madagascar. — Quarantine on account of the Cholera at Mauritius. —Residence on Shore. — Visit to a sick Chief. — His Secretary. — Presents from the People. — Correspondence with the Government at the Capital. — Hospitality of M. Provint. — Evening Walks. — Drawers of Water. — Cattle Market. — Mode of embarking and landing Cattle. — Ar ticles sold in the daily Market. — House of the Son of the Chief Judge. — The National Festival of the New Year. — Presents. — Visitors from the Capital. — Annual Festival Dinner by the Governor. — Dresses of the Com pany.— Eating of the Jaka preserved since the last Annual Festival.— Accounts of the destructive Progress of the Cholera at Mauritius. — Death of Mr. Kelsey. — Visit to the Capital prohibited on account of the Cholera at Mauritius. — Astonishment of the Natives on witnessing the Effects of Photography. — Remarkable Countenances of many of the People. — Ap plication for Medicine. — Tooth-aches Varieties of native Medicine. Poisonous Fish— Serpents. —Habits of the Aye-Aye. The weather was fine, the wind fair for onr voyage, and the sea by no means rough; yet again I suffered much from sea sickness; happily the voyage was short, and on the evening of the third day we were within ten miles of our port, and as there were indications of a change of wind the captain, who was himself an invalid, anchored for the night in twenty fathoms of water. The next morning the wind was contrary, and it was past noon on the 12 th of June before we entered the bay. During the next day the custom-house officers came on board to inquire about the cholera at Mauritius, and to examine the health of the crew. They informed the captain that until farther orders there could be no communication with the shore, a decision which, however inconvenient to our selves, was highly commendable so far as the safety of the people was concerned. After being eight days in quarantine we went on shore, and as soon as I had received permission to land my things they