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30/A — Had a long day's march. Passed a small trading 
caravan returning from the interior with a company of slaves. 
Many of these poor creatures looked terribly afraid of me on my 
ox. I suppose they thought they had arrived at the long-talked-of 
land of monsters. 
— Camped by the Quanza. Towards evening a perfect 
hurricane blew from the east for a short time, sweeping before it 
my camp and the little shelters the men had erected for them- 
selves. 
THE QUANZA CROSSED. 
November 1st. — Engaged some boats this morning, after a good 
deal of delay and palaver, and got my loads across the Quanza. 
Two men, who had promised to go with me as far as the Kwiba 
River, deserted, so I had to pack their loads on my ox and push 
along. 
2nd. Rain fell in torrents to-day. Remained in camp. Thank- 
ful indeed to have got on so far. Am reminded of St. Theresa's 
words this morning. She is said to have built a hospital with 
only three farthings to begin with. " Theresa and three farthings 
are nothing; but God and three farthings are incalculable." And 
so with His help all things become easy. 
THE VALOIMBE. 
November ^rd. — A fine clear morning. I packed my ox again 
and off we went, reaching camp close by Kaneka, which is the 
capital of a large section of the Valoimbe tribe. These people 
suffer a good deal from their proximity to the large Bihe country. 
We passed the ruins of many villages that had been sacked by 
raiding parties from Bihe. The people, however, seemed to 
be very industrious, spinning yarn from cotton, and manufacturing 
a coarse, but very serviceable cloth. They were always in their 
fields cultivating, yet they have a poor and ill-clad appearance, 
and the huts were much out of repair. I was detained some 
time treating with the chief as to my free passage through 
his country. I then took a south-easterly direction, and camped 
on the banks of the Kuiba River, which brought me again 
in sight of the hills at Kapoko's, across the Quanza and Kukema 
valleys. Here I determined to await the arrival [of Cinyama, 
with any carriers he might have mustered to bring ^pn the loads 
