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[^0]:    14 A.R.M. III CC 246, Letter from Rainizafindrazaka 13H to Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, Morondava, 1 Alahamady 1889.
15 A.R.M. III CC 81. Letter from Andriamasinoro 12H to the Queen, Anonibe, 26 Adijady 1877.
16 These included a demand by the colonial administrators that the boat on which the Makoa planned to cross the Mozambique Channel should be larger, and should be captained by a white man. Aas R.L., op. cit., vol 2, 1923, p. 175.  
They nevertheless managed to maintain symbolic links with the African continent, mainly via the conduit of culture.