2S0 DEPARTURE FROM PTJNGO ANDONGO. 



certain degree of favor. The prevalence of fever is pro- 

 bably the reason why no priest occupies a post in any part 

 of the interior. They come on tours of visitation like that 

 mentioned, and it is said that no expense is incurred, for 

 all the people are ready not only to pay for their services, 

 but also to furnish every article in their power gratuitously. 

 In view of the desolate condition of this fine missionary- 

 field, it is more than probable that the presence of a few 

 Protestants would soon provoke the priests, if not to love, 

 to good works. 



CHAPTEE XXII. 



DR. LIVINGSTONE REACHES THE LOAJIMA RIVER. ' 



January 1, 1855. — Having, through the kindness of 

 Colonel Pires, reproduced some of my lost papers, I left 

 Pungo Andongo the first day of this year, and at Can- 

 dumba slept in one of the dairy-establishments of my 

 friend, who had sent forward orders for an ample supply 

 of butter, cheese, and milk. Our path lay along the right 

 bank of the Coanza. This is composed of the same sand- 

 stone rock, with pebbles, which forms the flooring of the 

 country. The land is level, has much open forest, and is 

 well adapted for pasturage. 



On reaching the confluence of the Lombe, we left the 

 river, and proceeded in a northeasterly direction, through 

 a fine open green country, to the village of Malange, where 

 we struck into our former path. A few miles to the west 

 of tbis a path branches off to a new district named the 

 Duke Braganza. This path crosses the Lucalla and several 

 of its feeders. The whole of the country drained by these 

 is described as extremely fertile. The territory west of 

 Braganza is reported to be mountainous, well wooded and 

 watered; wild coffee is abundant, and the people even 



