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the bottom of the vessel and the water poured off, is 

 placed in the sun till nearly dry, to form tapioca. The 

 process of drying is completed on an iron plate over a slow 

 tire, the mass being stirred meanwhile with a stick, and 

 when quite dry it appears agglutinated into little globules, 

 and is in the form we see the tapioca of commerce. This 

 is never eaten by weevils, and so little labor is required in 

 its cultivation that on the spot it is extremely cheap. 

 Throughout the interior parts of Angola, fine manioc-meal, 

 which could with ease have been converted either into supe- 

 rior starch or tapioca, is commonly sold at the rate of about 

 ten pounds for a penny. All this region, however, has no 

 means of transport to Loanda other than the shoulders of 

 the carriers and slaves over a footpath. 



Cambambe, to which the navigation of the Coanza 

 reaches, is reported to be thirty leagues below Pungo 

 Andongo. A large waterfall is the limit on that side; and 

 another exists higher up, at the confluence of the Lombe, 

 (lat. 9° 41' 26" S. and about long. 16° E.,) over which hip- 

 popotami and elephants are sometimes drawn and killed. 

 The river between is rapid, and generally rushes over a 

 rocky bottom. Its source is pointed out as S.E. or S.S.E. 

 of its confluence with the Lombe, and near Bihe. The situa- 

 tion of Bihe is not well known. When at Sanza, we were 

 assured that it lies nearly south of that point, and eight 

 days distant. This statement seemed to be corroborated 

 by our meeting many people going to Matiamvo and to 

 Loanda from Bihe. Both parties had come to Sanza, and 

 then branched off, one to the east, the other to the west. 

 The source of the Coanza is thus probably not far from 

 Sanza. 



I had the happiness of doing a little good in the way of 

 administering to the sick; for there are no doctors in the 

 interior of Angola. Notwithstanding the general healthi- 

 ness of this fine district and its pleasant temperature, I was 

 attacked by the fever myself. While confined to my room, 

 a gentleman of color, a canon of the Church, kindly paid 



