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and cow hides, and occasionally leopard and lion 

 skins, which latter are exceedingly dear. 



A good deal of tobacco is grown in Billeyne 

 country, situated some hundred miles up the 

 river Manissa ; but if one may judge from the 

 samples smoked by the women here, it is much 

 too strong and coarse to be of value as an article 

 of commerce. 



The introduction of coolie labour into this 

 part of Africa would, I am sure, be productive 

 of great results, and would very soon repay 

 the first cost of immigration ; but even if only 

 a little energy could be imported, a great 

 difference would soon be seen, the Kafirs 

 might possibly be induced to be more indus- 

 trious, and Louren9o Marques, instead of 

 stagnating, be transformed into a flourishing 

 town, possessed as it is of the finest natural 

 harbour of South Africa. 



