마다가스카르에서 박물학자. The Book of A naturalist in Madagascar, by James Sibree

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단하나출판사 2022년 08월 10일 출간

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마다가스카르 Madagascar 의 자연의 동식물에 대해서 기술함.
아프리카 남동쪽 인도양에 있는 섬나라. 1811년 영국의 점령 이후 프랑스와 쟁탈전을 벌이다 1896년부터 프랑스 식민지가 되었고, 1957년 프랑스 공동체의 말라가시(Malagasy) 공화국으로 있다가 1960년 6월 26일 독립.
마다가스카르 공화국(Republic of Madagascar). 세계에서 4번째로 큰 섬으로 모잠비크해협을 사이에 두고 아프리카의 모잠비크와 마주한다. 최초의 거주인은 인도네시아인이지만 인도양에 위치한 관계로 인도네시아와 아랍의 영향을 많이 받았다. 1990년부터 계속된 민주화 요구를 수용하여, 1996년 이후 비동맹 중립을 표방한 좌경 일변도 정책에서 탈피하여 자유시장경제체제를 도입하는 등 정치와 경제적인 면에서 안정을 이루어가고 있다. 행정구역은 6개 주(faritany)로 이루어져 있다.

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY 17
Natural History of the Island―Still Little Known―Roads and Railway―We travel by Old-Fashioned Modes―Great Size and Extent of Madagascar
CHAPTER II
TAMATAVE AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE COUNTRY 20
“The Bullocker”―Landing at Tamatave―Meet with New Friends―Landing our Luggage―Bullocks and Bullock Ships―Native Houses―Strange Articles of Food―A Bed on a Counter―First Ride in a Filanj？na―At the Fort―The Governor and his “Get-Up”―A Rough-and-Ready Canteen
CHAPTER III
FROM COAST TO CAPITAL: ALONG THE SEASHORE 27



CHAPTER XXI
THE SOUTH-EASTERN PEOPLES 270
A Built Boat―In the Bush―A Canoe Voyage―Canoe Songs―The Angræcum Orchids―Pandanus and At？fa Trees―Coast Lagoons―A Native Dance―A Wheeled Vehicle―Lost in the Woods―A Fatiguing Sunday―Dolphins and Whales―Forest Scenery―A Tan？la Funeral―Silence of the Woods―The Sound of the Cicada―Mammalian Life―Hedgehogs and Rats―Why [14]are Birds comparatively so few?―Insect Life in the Forest―A Stick-Insect―Protective Resemblances―The Curious Broad-bill Bird―Minute Animal Life in a River Plant―Amb？him？nga in the Forest―A Tan？la Chieftainess―River-fording and Craft―We reach the Interior Highland―B？tsil？o Tombs―Return to Antan？nar？vo
CHAPTER XXII
TO S？KAL？VA LAND AND THE NORTH-WEST 285
North-West Route to the Coast―River Embankments―Mission Stations―A Lady Bricklayer―In a Fosse with the Cattle―An Airy Church on a Stormy Night―A Strange Chameleon―The “Short” Mosquitoes―Ant-hills and Serpents―A Sacred Tree―Andr？ba Hill and Fort―An Evening Bath and a Hasty Breakfast―Parakeets, Hoopoes, and Bee-eaters―The Ik？pa Valley―Granite Boulders―M？vatan？na: a Birdcage Town―We form an Exhibition for the Natives―Our Canoes―Crocodiles―Shrikes and Fly-catchers―Tamarind-trees―Camping Out―The “Agy” Stinging Creeper―River Scenery―Fan-palms―Scaly Reptiles and Beautiful Birds―Fruit-eating and Other Bats―Secondary Rocks―Sparse Population―The S？kal？va Tribes―A Vile-smelling Tree
CHAPTER XXIII
TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST 301
Torto

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마다가스카르 Madagascar 의 자연의 동식물에 대해서 기술함.
아프리카 남동쪽 인도양에 있는 섬나라. 1811년 영국의 점령 이후 프랑스와 쟁탈전을 벌이다 1896년부터 프랑스 식민지가 되었고, 1957년 프랑스 공동체의 말라가시(Malagasy) 공화국으로 있다가 1960년 6월 26일 독립.
마다가스카르 공화국(Republic of Madagascar). 세계에서 4번째로 큰 섬으로 모잠비크해협을 사이에 두고 아프리카의 모잠비크와 마주한다. 최초의 거주인은 인도네시아인이지만 인도양에 위치한 관계로 인도네시아와 아랍의 영향을 많이 받았다. 1990년부터 계속된 민주화 요구를 수용하여, 1996년 이후 비동맹 중립을 표방한 좌경 일변도 정책에서 탈피하여 자유시장경제체제를 도입하는 등 정치와 경제적인 면에서 안정을 이루어가고 있다. 행정구역은 6개 주(faritany)로 이루어져 있다.

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PREFACE
THE title of this book may perhaps be considered by some as too ambitious, and may provoke comparison with others somewhat similar in name, but with whose distinguished authors I have no claim at all to compete.
I have no tales to tell of hair-breadth escapes from savage beasts, no shooting of “big game,” no stalking of elephant or rhinoceros, of “hippo” or giraffe. We have indeed no big game in Madagascar. The most dangerous sport in its woods is hunting the wild boar; the largest carnivore to be met with is the fierce little f？sa, and the crocodile is the most dangerous reptile.
But I ask the courteous reader to wander with me into the wonderful and mysterious forests, and to observe the gentle lemurs in their home, as they leap from tree to tree, or take refuge in the thickets of bamboo; to come out in the dusk and watch the aye-aye as he stealthily glides along the branches, obtaining his insect food under the bark of the trees; to listen to the song of numerous birds, and to note their habits and curious ways; to hear the legends and folk-tales in which the Malagasy have preserved the wisdom of their ancestors with regard to the feathered denizens of the woods and plains, and to admire the luxuriant vegetation of the forests, and the trees and plants, the ferns and flowers, and even the grasses, which are to be found in every part of the island.


The author thanks very sincerely his friends, Mr John Parrett, Monsieur Henri Noyer, and Razaka, for their freely accorded permission to reproduce many photographs taken by them and used to illustrate this book. And his grateful thanks are also due to his old friend, the Rev. J. Peill, for the care he has taken in going through the proof sheets, especially in seeing that all Madagascar words are correctly given.
Two or three chapters of this book cover, to some extent, the same ground as those treated of in another book on[8] Madagascar by the author, published some years ago by Mr Fisher Unwin. The author here acknowledges, with many thanks, Mr Fisher Unwin’s kindness in giving full permission to produce these, which are, however, rewritten and largely added to.
J. S.

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저자(글) James Sibree

James Sibree영미 저술가 미국.A NATURALISTIN MADAGASCARA Record of Observation Experiences andImpressions made during a period of over Fifty Years’Intimate Association with the Natives and Study of theAnimal & Vegetable Life of the IslandBYJAMES SIBREE, F.R.G.S.Membre de l’Academie MalgacheAUTHOR OF “THE GREAT AFRICAN ISLAND,” “MADAGASCAR ORNITHOLOGY,”&c., &c., &c.WITH 52 ILLUSTRATIONS & 3 MAPSPHILADELPHIAJ. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYLONDON: SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LTD.1915