The Great African Island: Chapters On Madagascar: a Popular Account of ...
The Great African Island: Chapters On Madagascar: a Popular Account of ...
James Sibree
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And so, when this idol, Bamkhav^y, was carried abroad, his attendants used each of them to carry a sepent in his hand, which, as it writhed and twined about him, inspired terror in the beholders. There is a curious belief about a species of serpent called mitrolbngo, which inhabits the mounds made by a white ant called vitsikdTnJbo. Mr. Grainge, in his notes of a visit to the north-west coasts says : " We noticed a large number of earthen mounds, varying from one to two and a half feet in heigh...t ; these were the nest of a large ant, credited by the people with uncommon sagacity. We were told that they make regular snake-traps in the lower part of these nests, easy enough for the snake to enter, but impossible for it to get out of. When one is caught the ants are said to treat it with great qbxq, bringing it an abundant and regular supply of food until it becomes fat enough for their purpose ; and then, according to native belief, it is killed and eaten by them." " There is no doubt," says another resident (Eev.
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