Chap. XII. 



COLONEL NUNEZ. 



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he has persevered in an honourable 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 



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View of Quillimane and of the " Pioneer.' 



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. 



All agricultural enterprise is virtually discouraged by 

 the Quillimane Government. A man must purchase a 

 permit from the Governor, when he wishes to visit his 

 country farm ; and this tax, in a country where labour is 

 unpopular, causes the farms to be almost entirely left in 

 the hands of a head slave, who makes returns to his 

 master as interest or honesty prompts him. A passport 



