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I would not have come near the town at all, but I required to make a purchase in the market, and hoped to do so without being recognised. Unfortunately an old enemy saw me. He fell on the device of cutting off the corner of his own lamba, and then, raising the cry of thief, pretended that I had done it. I ran. You know my speed of foot. I trusted to that instead of trusting to my God.
He wore the usual cloth round the loins, and the lamba, which was thrown like a Scottish chieftain's plaid over his left shoulder but these garments bore evidence of rough usage and hard travel. The man was not a stranger, for, as he suddenly stood panting vehemently in the midst of the party, with his long arms outstretched, Voalavo addressed him in tones of surprise. "Razafil!" he exclaimed.
It reads as follows: "To the glory of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the year 1298, on Sunday 7 September, this angel was taken in Venetian waters in the city of Curzola, and in that place was the battle of 76 Genoese galleys with 86 Venetian galleys, of which 84 were taken by the noble Lord Lamba Doria, then Captain and Admiral of the Commune and of the People of Genoa, with the men on them, of which he brought back to Genoa alive as prisoners 7400, along with 18 galleys, and the other 66 he caused to be burnt in the said Venetian waters, he died at Savona in 1323."
The lamba is usually worn over the shoulders in the cool of the morning, but at the time we write of most of the men who used the garment, had bound it tightly round their waists. Our travellers were made acquainted at this time with a game which interested them greatly especially arousing the enthusiasm of the negro.
Thrusting his hand deep into his bosom, he drew a parcel from the folds of his lamba. This he slowly and carefully opened. Though it was evident that the greatest care had been taken of that much-prized portion of Scripture, the soiled appearance of the leaves, worn edges, and other marks of frequent use like the two leaves owned by the wood-cutter showed how much they had been read.
They were now directed to make a profound reverence as they passed, and proceeded along the side of the building to the further end. A line of native troops was drawn up across the court, but these wore no uniform, only the lamba wound round their waists, and white cross-belts on their naked bodies. They were armed with the old flint-lock muskets and bayonets of the period.
As a reward of merit he was elected president of the Freshman Class, a position of honor and responsibility from a Fresh point of view, at least coveted by many. He was also invited to join the "Lambs" Redmondese for Lamba Theta a compliment rarely paid to a Freshman.
Accordingly, early in the morning for the Malagasy are early risers their friend the Interpreter came to conduct them to the spot, with a gift of a striped lamba for each of the white men. "Why she not send one for me?" demanded Ebony, pouting and Ebony's pout was something to take note of!
"Fond of you she may well be, my loved one, she cannot help that; but she is fonder of herself, and the moment you go beyond a certain point she will order you out to execution. Has she not done the same sort of thing before? She is capable of doing it again. She will surely do it again. Come, dearest! let us fly now this moment. I have a lamba here which will conceal most of your dress.
He wore a gold-lace cloth cap, a shirt with an elaborately worked collar and cuffs, and over it a lamba, the native scarf or plaid, the centre of which consisted of broad stripes of yellow, pink, scarlet, and purple, with the border of open work of yellow and scarlet lace. He had, however, neither shoes nor stockings. He was accompanied by two men bearing swords, the badges of his office.
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