Indigenous men transporting two missionaries by filanjana, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Ambàtomanga". Two missionaries are carried by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin. Each filanjana is carried by four indigenous men. One man wrapped in a shawl crouches in the foreground. The town of Ambatomanga is in the distance.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.【安巴托曼加（Ambàtomanga）】：两名传教士乘坐马达加斯加传统抬轿（filanjana）行进，每台抬轿由四名原住民男子抬扛。前景处有一名身披披肩的男子蹲坐。远方可见安巴托曼加小镇。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间任职于伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）驻马达加斯加分支机构，初期在首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现官方名称为安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）履职；1873年至1875年在英国休假结束后，转至安帕里贝（Amparibe）供职。帕雷特于1862年随一支大型传教使团赴马达加斯加，使团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森夫妇、罗伯特·托伊夫妇、校长查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔吉夫妇、约翰·达弗斯牧师以及威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯牧师。该使团受命协助威廉·埃利斯牧师——埃利斯于1861年拉瓦隆娜一世女王驾崩、拉达马二世国王即位后，率先于1862年重启向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。