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in conversation, I found, on rising from his couch, that lie 

 had at once proceeded to cook a fowl for my use; and al 

 parting he gave me a glass of wine, which prevented the 

 violent fit of shivering I expected that afternoon. The 

 universal hospitality of the Portuguese was most gratify- 

 ing, as it was quite unexpected; and even now, as I copy 

 my journal, I remember it all with a glow of gratitude. 



We spent Sunday, the 14th of May, at Cabinda, which is 

 one of the stations of the sub-commandants, who are placed 

 at different, points in each district of Angola as assistants 

 of the head-commandant, or chefs. It is situated in a 

 beautiful glen, and surrounded by plantations of bananas 

 and manioc. 



We met numbers of Mambari on their way 'back to Bihe. 

 Some of them had belonged to the parties which had pene- 

 trated as far as Linyanti, and foolishly showed their dis- 

 pleasure at the prospect of the Makololo preferring to go 

 to the coast-markets themselves to intrusting them with 

 their ivory. The Mambari repeated the tale of the mode 

 in which the white men are said to trade. "The ivory is 

 left on the shore in the evening, and next morning the 

 seller finds a quantity of goods placed there in its stead by 

 the white men who live on the sea." " Now," added they 

 to my men, " how can you Makolo trade with these ' mer- 

 men' ? Can you enter into the sea and tell them to come 

 ashore ?" It was remarkable to hear this idea repeated so 

 near the sea as we now were. My men replied that they 

 only wanted to see for themselves; and, as they were now 

 getting some light on the nature of the trade carried on by 

 the Mambari, they were highly amused on perceiving the 

 reasons why the Mambari would rather have met them on 

 the Zambesi than so near the sea-coast. 



There is something so exhilarating to one of Highland 

 blood in being near or on high mountains, that I forgot my 

 fuver as we wended our way among the lofty tree-covered 

 masses of mica schist which form the highlands around the 

 romantic residence of the chefe of Golungo Alto. (Lat. 9° 



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