422 CONTINUED SICKNESS. 



CHAPTER XX. 



Continued Sickness. — Kindness of the Bishop of Angola and her Majesty's Offi- 

 cers. — Mr. Gabriel's unwearied Hospitality. — Serious Deportment of the Mako- 

 lolo. — They visit Ships of War. — Politeness of the Officers and Men. — The Ma- 

 kololo attend Mass in the Cathedral. — Their Kemarks. — Find Employment in 

 collecting Firewood and unloading Coal. — Their superior Judgment respecting 

 Goods. — Beneficial Influence of the Bishop of Angola. — The City of St. Paul 

 de Loanda. — The Harbor. — Custom-house. — No English Merchants. — Sincerity 

 of the Portuguese Government in suppressing the Slave-trade. — Convict Soldiers. 

 — Presents from Bishop and Merchants for Sekeletu. — Outfit. — Leave Loanda 

 20th September, 1854. — Accompanied by Mr. Gabriel as far as Icollo i Bengo. — 

 Sugar Manufactory. — Geology of this part of the Country. — "Women spinning 

 Cotton. — Its Price. — Native Weavers. — Market-places. — Cazengo ; its Coffee 

 Plantations. — South American Trees. — Ruins of Iron Foundry. — Native Miners. 

 — The Banks of the Lucalla. — Cottages with Stages. — Tobacco-plants. — Town 

 of Massangano. — Sugar and Bice. — Superior District for Cotton. — Portuguese- 

 Merchants and foreign Enterprise. — Ruins. — The Fort and its ancient Guns. — 

 Former Importance of Massangano. — Fires. — The Tribe Kisama. — Peculiar Va- 

 riety of Domestic Fowl. — Coffee Plantations. — Return to Golungo Alto. — Self- 

 complacency of the Makololo. — Fever. — Jaundice. — Insanity. 



In the hope that a short enjoyment of Mr. Gabriel's generous 

 hospitality would restore me to my wonted vigor, I continued 

 under his roof; but my complaint having been caused by long 

 exposure to malarious influences, I became much more reduced 

 than ever, even while enjoying rest. Several Portuguese gentle- 

 men called on me shortly after my arrival ; and the Bishop of 

 Angola, the Right Reverend Joaquim Moreira Reis, then the act- 

 ing governor of the province, sent his secretary to do the same, 

 and likewise to offer the services of the government physician. 



Some of her majesty's cruisers soon came into the port, and, 

 seeing the emaciated condition to which I was reduced, offered to 

 convey me to St. Helena or homeward ; but, though I had reached 

 the coast, I had found that, in consequence of the great amount 

 of forest, rivers, and marsh, there was no possibility of a highway 

 for wagons, and I had brought a party of Sekeletu's people with 



