COFFEE PLANTATIONS. 



435 



Being anxious to obtain some more knowledge of this inter- 

 esting country and its ancient missionary establishments than the 

 line of route by which we had come afforded, I resolved to visit 

 the town of Massangano, which is situated to the south of Golungo 

 Alto, and at the confluence of the rivers Lucalla and Coanza. 

 This led me to pass through the district of Cazengo, which is 

 rather famous for the abundance and excellence of its coffee. 

 Extensive coffee plantations were found to exist on the sides of 

 the several lofty mountains that compose this district. They 

 were not planted by the Portuguese. The Jesuit and other mis- 

 sionaries are known to have brought some of the fine old Mocha 

 seed, and these have propagated themselves far and wide ; hence 

 the excellence of the Angola coffee. Some have asserted that, as 

 new plantations were constantly discovered even during the pe- 

 riod of our visit, the coffee-tree was indigenous ; but the fact 

 that pine-apples, bananas, yams, orange-trees, custard apple-trees, 

 pitangas, guavas, and other South American trees, were found by 

 me in the same localities with the recently-discovered coffee, 

 would seem to indicate that all foreign trees must have been 



184 soldiers of militia. 

 3603 privileged gentlemen, i. e., who 

 may wear boots. 

 18 vagabonds. 

 717 old men. 

 54 blind men and women. 

 81 lame men and women. 

 770 slave men. 

 807 slave women. 



9578 free women. 



393 possessors of land. 



300 female gardeners. 



139 hunters of wild animal?. 



980 smiths. 



314 mat-makers. 

 4065 males under 7 years of age. 

 6012 females under 7 years of age. 



These people possess 300 idol-houses, 600 sheep, 5000 goats, 500 oxen, 398 gar- 

 dens, 25,120 hearths. The authorities find great difficulty in getting the people 

 to furnish a correct account of their numbers. This census is quoted merely for 

 the purpose of giving a general idea of the employments of the inhabitants. 



The following is taken from the census of Icollo i Bengo, and is added for a sim- 

 ilar reason : 



3232 living without the marriage tie. | 21 potters. 



(All those who have not been j 11 tailors. 



married by a priest are so dis- j 2 shoemakers. 



tinguished.) 3 barbers. 



4 orphans — 2 black and 2 white. 5 mat-makers. 



9 native chiefs. 12 sack-makers. 



2 carpenters. 21 basket-makers. 



The cattle in the district are : 10 asses, 401 oxen, 492 cows, 3933 sheep, 1699 

 goats, 909 swine ; and as an annual tax is levied of sixpence per head on all stock, 

 it is probable that the returns are less than the reality. 



