170 SLAVE-TRADERS. 



•and arrows than to white men's weapons. After surround- 

 ing and staring at us for an hour, they began to disperse. 



The two native Portuguese traders of whom we had heard 

 had erected a little encampment opposite the place where 

 ours was about to be made. One of them, whose spine 

 had oeen injured in youth, — a rare sight in this country, — 

 came and visited us. I returned the visit next morning 

 His tall companion had that sickly yellow hue which made 

 him look fairer than myself, but his head was covered with 

 a crop of unmistakable wool. They had a gang of young 

 female slaves in a chain, hoeing the ground in front of their 

 encampment to clear it of weeds and grass ; these were 

 purchased recently in Lobale, whence the traders had now 

 come. There were many Mambari with them, and the 

 establishment was conducted with that military order which 

 pervades all the arrangements of the Portuguese colonists. 

 A drum was beaten and trumpet sounded at certain hours, 

 quite in military fashion. It was the first time most of my 

 men had seen slaves in chains. " They are not men/' they 

 exclaimed, (meaning, they are beasts,) "who treat their 

 children so." 



The Balonda are real negroes, having much more woo) 

 on their heads and bodies than any of the Bechuana or 

 Caffre tribes. They are generally very dark in color, but 

 several are to be seen of a lighter hue; many of the slave? 

 who have been exported to Brazil have gone from this 

 region; but, while they have a general similarity to the 

 typical negro, I never could, from my own obseiwation, 

 think that our ideal negro, as seen in tobacconists' shops, 

 is the true type. A large proportion of the Balonda, indeed, 

 have heads somewhat elongated backAvard and upward, 

 thick lips, flat noses, elongated ossa calces, &c. &c; but there 

 are also many good-looking, well-shaped heads and persons 

 among them. 



nth, Tuesday. — We were honored with a grand recep- 

 tion by Shinte about eleven o'clock. Sambanza claimed 

 the honor of presenting us, Manenko being slightly indis- 



