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difference, and it is extremely soft in pronunciation. Some of the 

 natives found great difficulty in enunciating sounds of the Portuguese, 

 saying balaba for barba, cibali for cidade. Though the Angola and 

 Kasanji spoke the same language, yet there was a considerable differ- 

 ence between the dialects of two Angolas, the one from Loando on 

 the coast, the other from M'baka, or Ambacca, about three hundred 

 miles in the interior. 



From the best information, it is believed that the only distinction 

 oetween them is, that the Angolas are under the domination of the 

 Portuguese government, and the Kasanji are the free natives of the 

 interior. 



The former inhabit a narrow T province, from sixty to eighty miles 

 in width, between the two rivers Dande and Coanza, and extending 

 inland something more than one hundred leagues, or as far as the 

 Portuguese power can make itself felt; the latter, commencing at this 

 point, are spread over a large territory in the interior of the continent. 

 One of the natives stated the time it took to go from Loando (the 

 Portuguese seaport) to Kasanji to be three months, and to return, 

 two; the former journey, as far as it was made in boats, being against 

 the stream. 



The eastern coast of Africa, from the equator to the Hottentots of 

 the Cape, is occupied by two nations or races of people, which, though 

 bearing marks of a common origin, are yet perfectly distinct. Each 

 of them is subdivided into several minor tribes or clans. The first of 

 these may be called the Mozambique or Makua, and the second the 

 Caffre race. 



The Mozambique or Makua tribe, are the people who possess all the 

 country inland of the Portuguese and Arab settlements, Melinda, 

 Quilao, Mozambique, Quilimane, and Sofala. They occupy the country 

 which was formerly comprised in the empire of Motapa, but is now 

 divided between the Portuguese and several native provinces. The 



