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tinued to explore the features of the country and to examine 

 its resources; and on the 20th of February they left the 

 frontier- station of Cassange behind them. But before they 

 arrived at the left bank of the Quango, they were again 

 brought to a halt by a fever which attacked two of the 

 Makololo; and they did not reach the house of their friend 

 Cypriano till the end of February. The next day, by a 

 payment of calico (the money of the country), they were 

 ferried across the Quango, and were once more among 

 hostile Chiboque, and beyond the protection of the authori- 

 ties of Angola: but they were well armed against attack, and 

 had brought ample means with them for purchasing their 

 needful food. 



The country, on the east side of the Mungongo range, 

 which they had now traversed, was of a fertility and 

 beauty that called forth Dr Livingstone's frequent expres- 

 sions of admiration and delight. Even the Makololo were 

 loud in their words of praise at the sight of the fine garden- 

 grounds through which they were journeying; and they set 

 down the inhabitants as an inferior race of white men, 

 because they knew not the use of milk, and were seen to 

 kill their heifer-calves, and cows. When told that flour, 

 and some other articles of daily use among the Portuguese, 

 were brought from a far country, they exclaimed — " they 

 are ignorant of living, they know nothing but buying and 

 selling, they are not men." I hope, adds Dr Livingstone, 

 that this may reach the ears of my Angola friends, and stir 

 them up to develope the resources of their fine country. 

 While he remained in the Province he lost no opportunity 

 of learning its resources. Its natural riches are almost in- 

 credible; but have so far been turned to small profit. The 

 palm-tree which produces the oil of commerce rises there to 

 perfection. The tobacco-plant grows in great luxuriance ; 

 and rich grounds with orange-trees and bananas, maize and 

 manioc, are found in the lower valleys and plains. The 



