...given to it by the natives was Imanenjana, and the dancers were called Ramanenjana, which probably comes from a root signifying to make tense. The name...to the most remote villages in the central province or Imerina, so that, having occasion to visit a distant part of the country in company with an Englishman,...

...reached the capital, and in the month of March began to be common. At first, parties of two or three were to be seen, accompanied by musicians and other...had increased to hundreds, so that one could not go outof-doors without meeting bands of these dancers. It spread rapidly, as by a sort of infection, even...

...or three were to be seen in the streets, accompanied by musicians and other attendants, dancing in public places, and in a few weeks these had increased...that one could not go out of doors without meeting with these bands of dancers. It spread rapidly as by a sort of infection to remote parts of the central...

...and other attendants, dancing in the public places. In a few weeks they could be counted by hundreds. One could not go out of doors without meeting bands of these dancers. The disease spread rapidly by a short of morbid sympathy even to the remote villages of the Central...

...thé capital, and in tlie month of Mardi began to be common. At tirst parties of two's and three's were to be seen, accompanied by musicians and other attendants, dancing in thé public places. In a iew weeks they could be counted by hundreds. Oue could not go out of doors...

...reached the capital, and in the month of March began to be common. At first parties of two's and three's were to be seen, accompanied by musicians and other attendants, dancing in the public places. In a few weeks they could be counted by hundreds. One could not go out of doors without meeting bauds...