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Procession of the British Envoys to Madagascar from the seashore to the Fort of Tamatave to dine with the Governor of Tamatave, 1862. Engraving from a drawing by Lieutenant P. P. Oliver, of the Royal Artillery. 'Dr. Ryan, Bishop of Mauritius; Major Johnstone in palankeen, escorted by a guard of Hovas...After Captain Anson came Dr. Ryan, Lord Bishop of Mauritius, with his Malayash scripture-reader; and to them succeeded Major-General Johnstone, in a large palanquin, with hood to it, borne by eight men, and attended by a Captain's Guard of Hovas - the most powerful, industrious, and civilised tribe of tribe of the island'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Procession of the British Envoys to Madagascar from the seashore to the Fort of Tamatave..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)