CHAPTER XX 



LAND AND SOILS STOCK AND PRODUCE OF NATIVE 

 FARM AND EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT 



IF the reader remembers what was said in 

 the last chapter, of the conformation of 

 Angola, of its plateaux rising by terraces 

 from the sea, and of its division into zones, he 

 will realize that the coastal zone and that of the 

 lower plateaux have neither a climate, soil, or 

 rainfall suitable for European produce, while the 

 presence of tsetse in the second zone prevents the 

 raising of stock. Beyond these zones, however, 

 there are great areas of highlands which are emin- 

 ently suitable, yet empty ; for if the three million 

 natives of Angola cultivate but one-hundredth of 

 its surface, in the 12,000,000 acres of the high- 

 lands, the percentage under the plough is even 

 less. This immense highland area, over 4000 feet 

 above the sea, with a mean temperature of 70 F., 

 ranging from 85 to 55, and an average rainfall of 

 40 to 50 inches, comprises (1) The highlands of 

 Bailundo and Bihe, including Bailundo, Qiaka, 

 Huambo, and Sambo, 6,000,000 acres. (2) The 

 Caconda highlands, comprising Quitata, Upper 

 Hanha, Quingola, Caconda, Que, and Quepongo 

 (of Hanha), 3,500,000 acres. (3) The highlands 

 of Lubango, Huilla, and Chibia, 2,500,000 acres. 



