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Tete, which, like all their settlements, exhibited both judg- 

 ment aL.d taste in the selection of the site. A little stream of 

 mineral water had been collected in a tank and conducted to 

 the house, before which was a garden for raising vegetables 

 at times of the year when no rain falls. I was accompanied 

 by Captain Nunes, whose great-grandfather, also a captain in 

 the time of the Marquis of Pombal, received orders to seize 

 on a certain day all the Jesuits of this establishment, and 

 march them as prisoners to the coast. The riches of the 

 fraternity, which were immense, were taken possession of by 

 the state. They were keen traders in ivory and gold-dust, and 

 large quantities of gold had often been sent to their superiors 

 at Goa, enclosed in images. The Jesuits here do not seem to 

 have possessed the sympathies of the people as their brethren 

 in Angola did. All praise their industry, and probably their 

 successful labours in securing the chief part of the trade to 

 themselves had excited the envy of the laity. None of the 

 natives here can read ; and though the Jesuits are said to 

 have translated some of the prayers into the language of the 

 country, I was unable to obtain a copy. The only religious 

 teachers now in this part of the country are two gentlemen of 

 colour, natives of Goa. There is but a single school in Tete, 

 and it is attended only by the native Portuguese children, 

 who are taught to read and write, the black population being 

 totally uncared for. The European Portuguese value educa- 

 tion highly, and send their children to Goa and elsewhere for 

 instruction in the higher branches. The soldiers are marched 

 every Sunday to hear mass, and but few others attend church. 

 During the period of my stay a kind of theatrical represen- 

 tation of our Saviour's passion and resurrection was performed. 

 The images and other paraphernalia used were of great value, 

 and the Commandant is obliged to lock up all the gold and 

 silver in the fort for safety, but the present riches of the 

 church are nothing to what it once possessed. 



On the 2nd the Zambesi suddenly rose several feet in 

 height. Three such floods are expected annually, but this 

 year there were four. This last was accompanied by disco- 

 loration, and must have been caused by another great fall of 

 rain east of the ridge. AVe had observed a flood of discoloured 

 water when we reache.:. the river at the Kafue ; it then fell 



