At Katsepe we watched five Zebu cattle loaded onto one outrigger canoe for the crossing to Majunga. We were amazed by this operation, but watched it several times on different days. The cattle were led to the beach with control ropes on a hind leg and the nose. They were tripped onto their sides on the sand and their legs were bound. Then five men towed the animals through the water to the side of the canoe and lifted them aboard. The canoes then sailed across the estuary where the cattle were probably unloaded in similar fashion and led to market.