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now m a great measure obsolete, would, it is con- 
ceived, be inconsistent with the plan and limits of 
the present work. Our object is rather to exhi- 
bit the steps by which discovery was carried on, 
and to combine views of the country and manners, 
with the adventures of the travellers who made 
the observations. We have, however in the 
course of this chapter, made use of the remarks 
contained in the works now alluded to, wherever 
they appeared to throw any light on the subject 
under consideration. 
The following narrative * is by an Englishman, 
and does not follow exactly in the order of date j 
but, as it relates to regions conterminous with 
those traversed by the missionaries, whose track 
we have been following, it may be advantageously 
introduced as a supplement to their information. 
About the year 1590, a Portuguese vessel, hav- 
ing on board an English prisoner, of the name of 
Andrew Battel, touched upon the coast of Ben- 
guela, for the sake of procuring slaves. Near the 
Morro or Cliff, they saw on the coast a great body 
of men assembled, and being curious to know who 
they were, went on shore in their boat. About 
* First published by Purchas, II. 970-— 985. Reprinted by 
Finkerton, Vol. XVL 
