CHAPTER XXII 



THE ECONOMIC AND GAME FUTURE OF THE 

 COLONY 



MY long journey had come to an end, and 

 shipping was so uncertain that when 

 the chance of a homeward passage came 

 it was taken at once, and I sailed in the Beira. 

 Besides, it was time to leave Angola, for the 

 rainy and unhealthy season had commenced, my 

 health had broken down through hard marching 

 and the difficulties caused by want of carriers, 

 and I was in no condition to stand more 

 fever. 



We sailed from Mossamedes, nfter friendly fare- 

 wells, past Benguella and Lobito Bay, Loanda, 

 and the Angolan coast. 



The Beira was larger and faster than the 

 Mossamedes, and though we put in at San Thome, 

 Principe, and Dekar, she reached the Tagus and 

 Lisbon at the end of a voyage of only twenty- 

 four days, whereas the passage out had taken 

 thirty-seven. 



As the ship sailed north along the Angolan 

 coast, it was curious to watch the landscape 



change from desert sand near Mossamedes, to 



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