OJ. THROUGH ANGOLA 



and the others sent baek contented to Chimbango, 

 with full pay and a good present to each one. 



When camped on the Luce River we had 

 hunted all the country between this stream and 

 the next one south, the Lusengo, and all the 

 country round about and up to the Loando River, 

 into which both streams flowed. There was little 

 other game except sable, a few roan and reed 

 buck, and an occasional eland ; ;md though I 

 heard both lechwe and puku were to be found 

 on the Loando, saw none. 



The Lusengo is another of the numerous salt 

 streams to be found in Angola. The salt in the 

 stream comes from the soil it passes over in its 

 course, and especially from the so-called salt 

 springs at Chisongo. Near this village the Lusengo 

 flows past a low hill into a small swamp, and the 

 soil in this neighbourhood is so heavily impreg- 

 nated with salt that the natives are able to extract 

 it readily, by stirring soil and water in a hollow 

 tree trunk, and allowing the salt solution to filter 

 through to another hollowed tree trunk placed 

 below the first one. The "plant" employed is 

 shown on the accompanying photograph. 



The whole income of Chisongo village appears 

 to be derived from the salt business, and there are 

 a great many tree-trunk " plants " in operation. 



On the 18th September we marched south 

 from Shakashimas, reaching the Lusengo stream 

 near Chisongo village in one and a quarter hour. 

 The Caluando, which flows north-eastwards to the 

 Luimon, a tributary of the Loando, was reached 

 two hours later, and Missonge, from which the 



