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In this part of the country, buffaloes, elands, koodoos, 

 and various antelopes are to be found ; but we did not 

 get any, as they are exceedingly wary from being much 

 hunted. We had the same woodland and meadow as 

 before, with here and there pleasant negro villages ; and 

 being all in good health, could enjoy the fine green 

 scenery. 



Quendende's head was a good specimen of the greater 

 crop of wool with which the negroes of Londa are furnished. 

 The front was parted in the middle, and plaited into two 

 thick rolls, which, falling down behind the ears, reached 

 the shoulders ; the rest was collected into a large knot, 

 which lay on the nape of the neck. As he was an intelligent 

 man, we had much conversation together ; he had just 

 come from attending the funeral of one of his people, and 

 I found that the great amount of drum-beating which 

 takes place on these occasions was with the idea that the 

 Barimo, or spirits, could be drummed to sleep. There is 

 a drum in every village, and we often hear it going from 

 sunset to sunrise. They seem to look upon the departed 

 as vindictive beings, and I suspect are more influenced 

 by fear than by love. In beginning to speak on religious 

 subjects with those who have never heard of Christianity, 

 the great fact of the Son of God having come down from 

 heaven to die for us, is the prominent theme. No fact 

 more striking can be mentioned. " He actually came to 

 men. He himself told us about his Father, and the 

 dwelling-place whither he has gone. We have his words 

 in this book, and he really endured punishment in our 

 stead from pure love," &c. If this fails to interest them, 

 nothing else will succeed. 



We here met with some people just arrived from the 

 town of Matiamvo (Muata yanvo), who had been sent to 

 announce the death of the late chieftain of that name. 

 Matiamvo is the hereditary title — muata meaning lord, or 

 chief. The late Matiamvo seems, from the report of these 

 men, to have been insane, for he is said to have sometimes 

 indulged the whim of running a muck in the town and 

 beheading whomsoever he met, until he had quite a heap 

 of human heads. Matiamvo explained this conduct by 

 saying that his people were too many, and he wanted to 

 diminish them. He had absolute power of life and death. 

 On inquiring whether human sacrifices were still made, as 

 in the time of Pereira, at Cazembe's, we were informed 



