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COLONEL NUNEZ. 



Chap. XXIL 



thousands from Quillimaiie, during the last six years, to the 

 ports a little to the south, particularly to Massangano. Some 

 excellent brick-houses still stand in the place, and the owners 



View of Quillimaiie and of the Pioneer. 



are generous and hospitable : among them our good friend, 

 Colonel Nunez. His disinterested kindness to us and to all 

 our countrymen can never be forgotten. He is a noble 

 example of what energy and uprightness may accomplish 

 even here. He came out as a cabin-boy, and, without a 

 single friend to help him, he has persevered in an honour- 

 able course until he is the richest man on the East Coast. 

 When Dr. Livingstone came down the Zambesi in 1856, 

 Colonel Nunez was the chief of the only four honourable, 

 trustworthy men in the country. But while he has 

 risen, a whole herd has sunk, making loud lamentations, 

 through puffs of cigar-smoke, over negro laziness ; they might 

 add, their own. 



