CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



The Watershed between the Northern and Southern Rivers — A Deep YiJ*«y — 

 Rustic Bridge — Fountains on the Slopes of the Valleys — Village of ifabinje 

 — Demand for Gunpowder and English Calico — The Kasai — Vexatious Trick 

 — Want of Food — No Game — Katende's Unreasonable Demand — A Grave 

 Offence — Toll-Bridge Keeper— Greedy Guides — Flooded Valleys — Swim the 

 Kuana Loke — Prompt Kindness of my Men — Makololo Remarks on the rich 

 Uncultivated Valleys — Difference in the Color of Africans — Reach a Village 

 of the Chiboque — The Head Man's Impudent Message — Surrounds our En- 

 campment with his Warriors — The Pretence — Their Demand — Prospect of a 

 Fight — Way in which it was averted — Change our Path — The Ox Sinbad — 

 Insubordination suppressed — Beset by Enemies — A Robber Party— More 

 Troubles — Detained by Ionga Panza — His Village — Annoyed by Bangala 

 Traders — My Men discouraged — Their Determination and Precaution Pagel99 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Guides Prepaid — Bark Canoes — Deserted by Guides — Native Traders — Valley 

 of the Quango — The Chief Sansawe — His Hostility — Pass him safely — The 

 River Quango — Chief's Mode of dressing his Hair — Opposition — Opportune 

 Aid by Cypriano — His Generous Hospitality — Arrive at Cassange — A Good 

 Supper — Kindness of Captain Neves — Portuguese Curiosity and Questions- 

 Anniversary of the Resurrection — No Prejudice against Color — Country 

 around Cassange — Sell Sekeletu's Ivory — Makololo's Surprise at the High 

 Price obtained — Proposal to return Home, and Reasons — Soldier-Guide — 

 Tala Mungongo, Village of — Civility of Basongo — Fever — Enter District of 

 Ambaca — Good Fruits of Jesuit Teaching — The Tampan: its Bite — Uni- 

 versal Hospitality of the Portuguese — A Tale of the Mambari — Exhilarating 

 Effects of Highland Scenery — District of Golungo Alto — Fertility — Forest3 

 of Gigantic Timber — Native Carpenters — Coffee-Estate — Sterility of Country 

 near the Coast — Fears of the Makololo — Welcome by Mr. Gabriel to 

 Loanda 224 



CHAPTER XX. 



Continued Sickness — Kindness of the Bishop of Angola and her Majesty's 

 Officers — Mr. Gabriel's Unwearied Hospitality — Serious Deportment of the 

 Makololo — They visit Ships of War — Politeness of the Officers and Men — 

 The Makololo attend Mass in the Cathedral — Their Remarks — Find Employ- 

 ment in collecting Firewood and unloading Coal — Their Superior Judgment 

 respecting Goods — Beneficial Influence of the Bishop of Angola — The City 

 of St. Paul de Loanda — The Harbor — Custom-House — No English Merchants 

 — Sincerity of the Portuguese Government in suppressing the Slave-Trade — 

 Convict Soldiers — Presents from Bishop and Merchants for Sekeletu — Outfit 

 — Leave Loanda 20th September, 1854 — Accompanied by Mr. Gabriel as far 

 as Icollo i Bengo — Women spinning Cotton — Cazengo : its Coffee-Planta- 

 tions — South American Trees — Ruins of Iron-Foundry — Native Miners — 

 Coffee-Plantations — Return to Golungo Alto — Self-Coinplacency of the Ma- 

 kololo — Fever — Jaundice — Insanity 251 



CHAPTER XXI. 



7isit a Deserted Convent — Favorable Report of Jesuits and their Teaching- 

 Marriages and Funerals — Litigation — Mr. Canto's Illness — Bad Behaviw ol 

 his Slaves — An Entertainment — Ideas on Free Labor — Loss of American 



