264 WELCOME TO LOANDA. C/tap. XX. 



ance of wliicli impressed niy companions with awe. They 

 had always supposed the world to be an unlimited plain, and 

 in describing their feelings afterwards they remarked, " We. 

 were inarching along with our father, believing that what the 

 ancients had always told us was true, that the world has no 

 end ; but all at once the world said to us, ' I am finished ; 

 there is no more of me ! ' " 



They were now somewhat apprehensive of suffering want, 

 and in my depressed state I was unable to allay their fears. 

 The fever had induced a state of chronic dysentery so trouble- 

 some that I could not remain on the ox more than ten minutes 

 at a time ; and as we came down the declivity above the city 

 of Loanda on the 31st of May, I was affected with melancholy 

 at the thought that, in a population of twelve thousand souls, 

 there was but one genuine English gentleman, and I felt most 

 anxious to know whether this one would give me a hearty 

 welcome or no. My anxiety was soon dispelled : Mr. Gabriel, 

 the gentleman in question, our commissioner for the sup- 

 pression of the slave-trade, received me most kindly, and, 

 seeing the state in which I was, benevolently offered me his 

 bed. Never shall I forget the luxuriant pleasure I enjoyed 

 in feeling myself again on a good English couch, after six 

 months' sleeping on the ground. I was soon asleep ; and Mr. 

 Gabriel, coming in almost immediately after, rejoiced at the 

 soundness of my repose. 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Makololo at Loanda. — The city and district. — Icollo i 

 Bengo. — District of Cazengo. — The Lucalla. — District and 

 town of massangano. — return to golungo alto. 



Ik the hope that a short enjoyment of Mr. Gabriel's generous 

 hospitality would restore me to my wonted vigour, I conti- 

 nued under his roof ; but instead of experiencing any improve- 

 ment, I became much more reduced than ever. Several 

 Portuguese gentlemen called on me shortly after my arrival; 

 and the Bishop of Angola, the Right Reverend Joaquim 



