390 CONTINUED SICKNESS. Chap XX. 



OHAPTEE XX. 



Continued sickness — Kindness of the Bishop of Angola and her Majesty's 

 officers — Mr. Gabriel's unwearied hospitality — Serious deportment of the 

 Makololo — They visit ships of war — Politeness of the officers and men 



— The Makololo attend mass in the cathedral — Their remarks — 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 harbour — Custom-house — No 

 English merchants — Sincerity of the Portuguese government in suppress- 

 ing the slave-trade — Convict soldiers — Presents from bishop and mer- 

 chants 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 rice — 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 variety of domestic fowl — Coffee-plantations — Return to Go- 

 lungo 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 vigour, 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 Eight Keverend Joaquim Moreira Eeis, then the 

 acting governor of the province, sent Ins 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 winch I was reduced, offered to 

 convey me to St. Helena or homewards ; 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 waggons, and I had brought a party of Sekeletu's people with 



