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there could be time for effecting any reform, lie 
was sent for to the court of Congo. All the men 
in a condition to travel followed him, and the 
women shut themselves up during the absence of 
their husbands-* Batta became a desert ; so that 
the missionaries had nothing left but to return to 
San Salvador, which terminated this mission. 
Pango is a district, the situation of which has 
been very variously reported ; but D' Anville, who 
proceeded usually upon sure information, extends 
it upwards, along the banks of the Congo, from the 
province in which the capital is situated, to within 
thirty miles of the cataracts, where it is bounded 
by the duchy of Sundi. No particulars have been 
preserved of the mission established in this marqui- 
sate, as it is called. Some account is given, how- 
ever, of Father Antony's passage through it, on 
his way to Sundi. At setting out he hired four 
very scout negroes to carry his baggage. As soon,, 
however, as the journey commenced, these persons 
began to run with a swiftness which the worthy 
father in vain attempted to rival. He was soon 
left behind ; but luckily found, at some distance on 
the road, his baggage, which the porters, on looking 
round, and missing him, had probably thrown down* 
In this embarrassing situation, he met a messenger 
from the marquis of Pango, who procured every 
thing that was necessary, and conducted him to 
Pango, where he was received in the very best 
