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mineral wealth; gold and copper being found in the range, as also 

 coal (?). The natives (Landeens) are a bold, independent race, who do 

 not acknowledge the Portuguese authority, and even make them pay for 

 leave to pass unmolested. Throughout the whole course of the river, 

 hippopotami were very abundant, and at one village a chase by the 

 natives was witnessed. They harpoon the animal with a barbed lance, 

 to which is attached, by a cord 3 or 4 fathoms long, an inflated bladder. 

 The natives follow in their canoes, and look out to fix more harpoons as 

 the animal rises to blow, and, when exhausted, despatch him with their 

 lances. It is, in fact, nearly similar to a whale-hunt. Elephants and 

 lions are also abundant on the western side ; the latter destroy many of 

 the blacks annually, and are much feared by them. Alligators are said 

 to be numerous, but I did not see any. 



" The voyage up to Maruru occupied seven days, as I did not work 

 the men at the oar, but it might be done in four ; we returned to the 

 bar in two and a half days. 



" There is another mouth of the Zambesi, seven miles to the west- 

 ward of Luabo, which w r as visited by the ' Castor's ' pinnace ; and I waa 

 assured by Lieutenant Hoakius that the bar was better than the one I 

 visited." 



