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“...111. CONTENTS. i.—THE FAUNA OF MADAGASCAR AND THE MASCARENE ISLANDS. By Alfred Russel Wallace, Esq., LL.D. (Reprinted by the kind permission of the Author and Pub- lishers from '' The Geographical Distribution of A nimals. "J * 129 2.—THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.' By Rev. W. Montgomery, L.M.S..................................... 148 3.—MALAGASY ROOTS : their Classification and Mutual Relations. By Rev. W. E. Cousins, L.M.S. 157 4. —ON THE POETRY OF MADAGASCAR. By (the late) Rev. E. Baker, L.M.S. ................................. 167 5.—ON THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF MADAGASCAR. By W. Clayton Picicersgill, Esq., H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul 177 6.—THE IDEAS OF THE MALAGASY WITH REGARD TO DESTINY. By Mr. H. E. Clark, F.F.M.A.............. 185 7.—MALAGASY HYMNOLOGY, and its Connection with Christian Life in Madagascar. By Rev. J. Sibree, L.M.S......................................... 187 8.—SOME THOUGHTS ON CHURCH MUSIC IN MADAGAS- CAR. By Rev. A. M. Hewlett, M.A., S.P.G.................”
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“... 15.—A NEW MALAGASY GRAMMAR. By Rev. W. E. Cousins. 244 16.—BIAZAVOLA: A Malagasy Bard. By W. Clayton Pick- ersgill, Esq. 247 17.—VARIETIES : The Pirates in Madagascar—Geological Jottings —The Proto-Martyr of Madagascar — The Etymology of 'Antananarivo' and 'Andriamanitra' 250 18.—LITERARY NOTES .... 252 19.—BRIEF SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MADA- GASCAR DURING 1886 257 20.—NATURAL HISTORY NOTES 259 21.—RAINFALL OF ANTANANARIVO FOR THE YEAR 1886 260 ILLUSTRATION. Diagrams of the 'Fanorona' Game. %* The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for every opinion expressed by those who contribute to the pages of the Annual, but only for the general character of the articles as a whole....”
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“...low, young and old. Almost everywhere in the houses of the people, except the very poorest, you may find the fanorona board, though very often it is only the back of the akalana (chopping block) or of the sahafa (wooden winnowing platter). But play- ing out of doors seems most attractive to the younger Malagasy, and they can extemporise a board, or a substitute for a board, anywhere. On the wooden sheds in the market-places, on the tiled paving around the school-houses and college buildings, on the stones around the open elevations where the Judges sit, on the paved way outside the Palace, on the roadsides where the palanquin bearers congregate, at the stone-gate entrances into the villages, on the flat rocks of the hillsides, on which the little slave children sun themselves while tending their masters' sheep or cattle—everywhere you may find the signs and tokens of the fanorona players. The most respectable students in the L. M. S. College will frequently employ the few minutes' interval...”
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“...149 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* accord to watch and criticize the wavering fortunes of a chance game that was being fought out on the wayside. Some of the older andrlandahy (chiefs) and senior officers of the palace are reputed to be the best players in the country. The vener- able old princess who died two years ago at Amb6hij6ky, and \ who in her girlhood, about fourscore years ago, was one of 'the twelve wives' of King Andrianarnpoinimerina, had been in her time a famous player at the fanorona. There are still alive in ' Antananarivo several old people who remember very well the coronation of Rad&ma I., in the year 1810, and the great gathering on that occasion in the plain of Imahamasina. All the various tribes and orders of the people were that day ranged around the King after the pattern of the various sides and diagonals and intersections of the fanorona ! In one of Rada- ma's campaigns in the southern parts of the island, a B6tsil&o king, whom he was besieging, had perched...”
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“...a glance that the 32 squares of the fanorona are precisely similar to those on the half of an ordinary folding draught-board or chess-board. The moving and capturing power of the pieces is not unlike that of the draughtsmen; every piece is of identical power and value, just as in draughts ; and the number of pieces employed on each side in the earlier and simpler form of the fanorona was just twelve, the same as employed on each side in draughts. Now, if I do not mistake, the game of draughts was introduced into England or Scotland from Egypt, two or three centuries ago. It seemed therefore possible enough that the Malagasy fanorona was originally a variety of the draughts game; that both games * Still a recognized division of the inhabitants of Imarina. They are descendants of dark and non-Hova tribes captured in former wars, but are now free people.—Eds,...”
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“...151 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* were invented by the Egyptians or Arabs; and that, just as English sailors or travellers carried the one game to Britain, the Arab sailors and traders may have brought the other game to Madagascar. Now, however, after considering the apparent- ly unvarying character of the native tradition as to its local origin, and the undoubted facts that the fanorona lines have been repeatedly used in arranging the various clans and orders of the people around the sovereign on the great festival days at Imahamasina—these and some other circumstances dispose me to believe that the game is of Malagasy origin, and probably arose in some such way as stated in the traditionary account which I have roughly given above. Before proceeding to describe particularly the method of playing the fanorona, there is another little story about Andrian- tompokoindrindra which is too good to be left untold. The King his father, who reigned, I believe, at Ambohidrabiby, happened to...”
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“...THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* four movable pieces are required for the game— twenty-two on each side. With the Malagasy these are usually little pebbles and potsherds, or beans and berries. We, however, will call them the Black and the White pieces. The two players sit op- posite each other, having the long sides of t\ie fanorona adjacent to them. The pieces are then arranged on the corners or angle-points, not on the squares, as in chess or draughts. There are five of these long lines on the board, each containing, of course, nine angle-points, and the pieces are thus arranged :— Black : First Line I.... 9 Second ,, 1....9 White: Fourth „ 1....9 Fifth „ 1 ...9 The third, or central line, is occupied by the eight remaining pieces, placed alternately thus :— Black 1,3,6,8 White 2,4,7,9 One point remains unoccupied, the central angle-point of the board, the fifth of the third line. This represents the royal seat in the public gatherings, but in the fanorona game it is called the...”
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“...153 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* If, however, a vacant position occurs in their line, or another hostile piece is among them, then only the piece or pieces near- est the assailant are captured. Thirdly. The pieces of the enemy may be captured by a retreat as well as by an advance. A piece that has been stand- ing in an adjoining station to some piece or pieces of the enemy may capture it or them by retreating one point along that line, if such point happens to be vacant. The limitation defined im- mediately above applies in this case also. Fourthly. At the beginning of a game one move only is permitted to the first side. After that side has moved once, any piece that is moved is permitted to run amuck in the enemy's lines, and to go on as long as he finds foes to capture, provided (a) that he does not return immediately to any point he has just left, and (b) that he does not take a foe behind him imme- diately after taking one in front of him, nor one on his right hand immediately...”
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“...154 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* These moves are not given as examples of what the Malagasy would consider good play, but simply to show the modus ope- randi of the game. The game subjoined may be considered an average specimen of native skill. FANORONA GAME. i. 2. White. D s to C 5 takes B 5, A 5. I: 9- 10. 11. 12. 13- 14. 15- 16. 17- 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23- 24. 25- 26. 27. 28. 29. E 8 „ D 8 3- D7 4. c4 c 6 Cs b4 B7 d9 b 6 d 8 d7 r9 C4 b 8 d 6 b 6 C5 D 7 C7 C 6 C7 B 8 C 8 C9 C 8 C9 C7 b 8 b 7 C5 d 6 C 7 b 6 C 6 C5- b4. c4 b 6. d 8. AS- D7. d 6. b 8. C3 C7. b 6. D7. Cs b4 c4 c7. C 6. c7. b 8. C 8. C9. C 8. Cg. D9. C 8, B 8, A 8. B7. A7; a9; B 9- C3; b4, a3 ; E5; as; a 6. 1. 2. b 6 C 6 Black. to A s takes C 7, D 8, E 9. A 4. c 2. d4. A3- A 4. 3- E6 b 6 C7 D 6 DS E 5 E 6 E5 5- 6. 7' 8. 9- 10. 11. 12. i3- 14. & i7- 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23- 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. d 2 b 2 C 1 E 2 A 2 b 2 A 1 d 2 Ci B3 E3 A 2 D3 b...”
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“...155 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* one of the players have been defeated, however, he is not allowed to play on the same footing as before, for the game must be altered in a kind of mocking condescension to his weakness. The new form of the game is called the Vela ; the one who has conquered is the mpamftihlnam-bela (he who allows to graze at large); the defeated is homam-bela (a poor sheep not to be molested for a while in his pasture ground). The vela game is opened by the victor, who puts forward such of his pieces as he chooses to surrender to his antagonist. These pieces may only be taken singly, and the generous conqueror refrains from taking any of his enemy's pieces, until he has parted with, one by one, 17 of his own pieces ; then, with the remaining five, he begins his campaign against the undiminish- ed forces of his antagonist. If he be a skilful player, however, he has managed meanwhile to occupy the fortress positions of the game ; and the hosts of the enemy are probably...”
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“...156 THE MALAGASY GAME OF 'FANORONA.* White. '" to B s takes B 6. „ B6 „ a 6. 17. Now begins Black's attack. 16. a 9 to A 8. Black. B 8 to A 7 takes C g ; 18. d9 „ c9 b 2. c 8 „ B8 ,, JJ o ,, JJ O, „ C7 „ D6; nft Eg; .. C 9; » CS; ,. E6. 19. B 6 „ A 6 „ C 6. 20. A6 „ A7 ,, A8. . B7 „ Bb " Bs'. .. B 6 „ C5 „ A 7 ; ,, C4 ,, C3 : „ D4 „ E4; » C3 „ B 2 ; „ D 2 „ E 1 ; ,, C 1 „ E3 ; „ B 1 „ D 1 ; » B 2 „ B3. 21. d3 „ c3. 22. C3 „ D4 ,, B 2* 23. E 2 ,, D 2. 11 21. A i-,, A 2. 22. A 2 „ A 3. 23. A 3 „ B3. 24. D 2 ,, C 1 and wins. I would just say, in conclusion, that although the fanorona is still very popular with the people, and their interest in the game not at all likely to decay, yet probably it will not in future years be so largely practised as it is now. Life is grow- ing every year more serious for the Malagasy. The felt neces- sities for education are filling up more and more the lives of the young people. Competitions are becoming more eager, and the burdens...”
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“...1 . j*2 3 6*7 8 9 No, I.-THE FAN0R0N4 BOARD. Tke.LebUi's audi Figwts lwel will be a. hty to the, descriptions. ju/en ux, the- cu-ticU. BLACK WHITE No.2.-FANORONA BOARD WITH PIECES, as arranged ctt conv-riuic&nmJ; of Gam,i,...”