xv iii CONTENTS. 



A Merchant-prince. — His Hospitality. — Hear of the Loss of my Papers in " Fore- 

 runner." — Narrow Escape from an Alligator. — Ancient Burial-places. — Neglect 

 of Agriculture in Angola. — Manioc the staple Product. — Its Cheapness. — Sickness. 

 — Friendly Visit from a colored Priest. — The Prince of Congo. — No Priests in the 

 Interior of Angola Page 444 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Leave Pungo Andongo. — Extent of Portuguese Power. — Meet Traders and Carri- 

 ers. — Red Ants ; their fierce Attack ; Usefulness ; Numbers. — Descend the 

 Heights of Tala Mungongo. — Fruit-trees in the Valley of Cassange. — Edible 

 Muscle. — Birds. — Cassange Village. — Quinine and Cathory. — Sickness of Cap- 

 tain Neves' Infant. — A Diviner thrashed. — Death of the Child. — Mourning. — 

 Loss of Life from the Ordeal. — Wide-spread Superstitions. — The Chieftainship. — 

 Charms. — Receive Copies of the "Times." — Trading Pombeiros. — Present for 

 Matiamvo. — Fever after westerly Winds. — Capabilities of Angola for producing 

 the raw Materials of English Manufacture. — Trading Parties with Ivory. — More 

 Fever. — A Hyaena's Choice. — Makololo Opinion of the Portuguese. — Cypriano's 

 Debt. — A Funeral. — Dread of disembodied Spirits. — Beautiful Morning Scenes. 

 — Crossing the Quango. — Ambakistas called "The Jews of Angola." — Fashions 

 of theBashinje. — Approach the Village of Sansawe. — His Idea of Dignity. — The 

 Pombeiros' Present. — Long Detention. — A Blow on the Beard. — Attacked in a 

 Forest. — Sudden Conversion of a fighting Chief to Peace Principles by means of 

 a Revolver. — No Blood shed in consequence. — Rate of Traveling. — Slave Women. 

 — Way of addressing Slaves. — Their thievish Propensities. — Feeders of the Con- 

 go or Zaire. — Obliged to refuse Presents. — Cross the Loajima. — Appearance of 

 People ; Hair Fashions 465 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Make a Detour southward. — Peculiarities of the Inhabitants. — Scarcity of An- 

 imals. — Forests. — Geological Structure of the Country. — Abundance and Cheap- 

 ness of Food near the Chihombo. — A Slave lost. — The Makololo Opinion of 

 Slaveholders. — Funeral Obsequies in Cabango. — Send a Sketch of the Coun- 

 try to Mr. Gabriel. — Native Information respecting the Kasai and Quango. — 

 The Trade with Luba. — Drainage of Londa. — Report of Matiamvo's Country 

 .and Government. — Senhor Faria's Present to a Chief. — The Balonda Mode of 

 spending Time. — -Faithless Guide. — Makololo lament the Ignorance of the Ba- 

 londa. — Eagerness of the Villagers for Trade. — Civility of a Female Chief. — 

 The Chief Bango and his People. — Refuse to eat Beef. — Ambition of Africans 

 to have a Village. — Winters in the Interior. — Spring at Kolobeng. — White Ants : 

 "Never could desire to eat any thing better." — Young Herbage and Animals. — 

 Valley of the Loembwe. — The white Man a Hobgoblin. — Specimen of Quarrel- 

 ing. — Eager Desire for Calico. — Want of Clothing at Kawawa's. — Funeral Ob- 

 servances. — Agreeable Intercourse with Kawawa. — His impudent Demand. — 

 Unpleasant Parting. — Kawawa tries to prevent our crossing the River Kasai. — 

 Stratagem 489 



CHAPTER XXTV. 



Level Plains. — Vultures and other Birds. — Diversity of Color in Flowers of the 

 same Species. — The Sundew. — Twenty-seventh Attack of Fever. — A River which 

 .flows in opposite Directions. — Lake Dilolo the Watershed between the Atlantic 



