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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 hippopotami and elephants are some- 

 times drawn and killed. The river between is rapid, and gener- 

 ally 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 situation 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 admin- 

 istering to the sick, for there are no doctors in the interior of 

 Angola. Notwithstanding the general healthiness of this fine dis- 

 trict and its pleasant temperature, I was attacked by fever myself. 

 While confined to my room, a gentleman of color, a canon of the 

 Church, kindly paid me a visit. He was on a tour of visitation in 

 the different interior districts for the purpose of baptizing and 

 marrying. He had lately been on a visit to Lisbon in company 

 with the Prince of Congo, and had been invested with an order 

 of honor by the King of Portugal as an acknowledgment of 

 his services. He had all the appearance of a true negro, but 

 commanded the respect of the people ; and Colonel P., who had 

 known him for thirty years, pronounced him to be a good man. 

 There are only three or four priests in Loanda, all men of 

 color, but educated for the office. About the time of my 

 journey in Angola, an offer was made to any young men of 

 ability who might wish to devote themselves to the service of 

 the Church, to afford them the requisite education at the Uni- 

 versity of Coimbra in Portugal. I was informed, on what seemed 

 good authority, that the Prince of Congo is professedly a Chris- 

 tian, and that there are no fewer than twelve churches in that 



