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Quanza, and also among the inhabitants of Bihe. The Valoimbe 
too are great fishermen, and I observed my men again exchanging 
the castor-oil they had just bought for fish, which is marketable 
in Bihe. West of Bihe, rubber alone counts, and as my men 
are well supplied with it, they take a little from their loads to 
pay their expenses down to the coast, where, arriving with 30 or 
40 lbs. of rubber, they make a final exchange for cloth, beads, 
etc., with which they will set out on their long return journey 
to the interior, feeling richly rewarded for all their labour and 
toil by having a good load of their own upon their backs. 
AT BIHE. 
I crossed the Quanza on the 3rd of June, and arrived at 
Mr. Fay's house in Bihe on the 6th, and there found letters and 
supplies awaiting me, and was able at once to pay off my men. 
Finding at Bihe sufficient goods belonging to Messrs. Swan and 
Faulknor, I decided to do my best, before proceeding to the 
coast, to get off a caravan with suppHes for them. Having 
heard that Senhor Porto purposed sending some of his native 
traders in the direction of Garenganze, I called upon him, and 
found that he was willing to forward a few loads from me to 
them. Accordingly I deposited with him a few packets of useful 
supplies, and after some weeks' delay he procured carriers and 
sent them on to Garenganze. 
LEAVE AFRICA REACH ENGLAND. 
The 240 miles from Bihe to Benguella were soon accomplished, 
and after resting there a short time with my friends, Mr. and Mrs. 
Sanders, I took passage on board the s.s. Portugal, and arrived 
in England September i8th, 1888. 
