Indigenous men transporting missionary across Mandraka river by filanjana, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Fording the Mandraka (P.G.P)" Missionary being carried across River Mandraka by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin. The crossing is at the same point as that in image 15 in the same album, taken from a higher vantage point with a wider view.; 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.

"横渡曼德拉卡河（Mandraka River，P.G.P）"：传教士乘坐传统马达加斯加轿辇（filanjana）横渡曼德拉卡河。本次渡河地点与该相册第15幅图像的拍摄地点完全一致，该照片拍摄视角更高、视野更为开阔。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间任职于马达加斯加的伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society），最初驻于首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）；1873年至1875年在英国休假后，转任安帕里贝（Amparibe）地区的职务。1862年，帕雷特随一支大型传教使团乘船前往马达加斯加，该使团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森博士及其夫人、罗伯特·托伊夫妇、教师查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔格及其夫人、约翰·达弗斯牧师以及威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯牧师。该使团的派遣目的是协助威廉·埃利斯牧师：1861年拉瓦洛娜一世女王去世后，拉达马二世国王继位，埃利斯牧师于1862年率先重启向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作，该使团正是为支援其相关工作而派出。