Madagascar of to Day a Sketch of the Island With Chapters On Its Past History
Madagascar of to Day a Sketch of the Island With Chapters On Its Past History
W E William Edward Cousins
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Lyall, the British agent, Queen Ranavalona was beginning to feel uneasy about the growing influence of foreign ideas, and wished to get rid of the missionaries. She sent some officers to carry her message, and the missionaries were gathered together to meet the queen's messengers, and were told that they had been a long time in the country THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY. 87 and had taught much, and that it was now time for them to think of returning to their own land. The missionaries, alarme...d at this message, answered that they had only begun to teach some of the elements of knowledge, and that very much re- mained to be imparted. They mentioned sundry branches of education, among which were the Greek and Hebrew languages, which had already been partially taught to some. The messengers returned to the queen, and soon came back with this answer : ' The queen does not care much for Greek and Hebrew. Can you teach something more useful ? Can you, for instance, teach how to make soap ?
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