From the very slight description I have given of the country, it will be seen that considerable advances have of late years been made in civilisation.  The prince royal is a most excellently disposed young man, but his education is defective.  Should his life be spared, there can be no doubt that he will exert himself to carry on the improvements commenced under the auspices of Radama.  Unhappily, his mother and most of the chief nobility still are heathens, while the severe edicts against the Christians yet remain in force.  However, all must believe that Christianity will ultimately triumph, and a happy future be in store for that interesting country.