CONTENTS 
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Cotton-Seed — Abundance of Jotton in the Country — Sickness of Sekcietu's 
Horse — Eelipso of the Sun — Insects which distill Water — Experiments will 
them — Proceed to AmbuCft- — Present from Mr. Schut, of Loandn — Visit Pung«. 
Andongo — Its Good Pasturage, Grain, Fruit, <fcc. — The Fort and Columnar 
Rocks — Salubrity of Puugo Andongo — Price of a Slave — A Merchant-Prince 
— His Hospitality — Hour of the Loss of my Papers in “ Forerunner”— Nar- 
row Escapo from an Alligator — Anciont Burial-Places — Neglect of Agrical 
taro in Angola. — Manioc the Staple Prodnct — Its Cheapness — Sickness— 
Friendly Visit from a Colored Priest — The Prince of Congo— No Priests in 
the Interior of Angola. Page 265 
CHAPTER XXII. 
Loavo Pungo Andongo — Extent of Portugucso Power — Meet Traders and Car- 
riers — Doscond tho Heights of Tala Mungongo — Cassango Village — Quinine 
and Cathory — Sickness of Captain Novoss Infant — Loss of Life from the 
Ordeal — Wide-Spread Superstitions— Tho Chieftainship — Rocoivo Copies of 
tho “Times” — Trading Pombeiros- Present for Matiamvo — Fovcr aftor 
Westerly Winds — Capabilities of Angola for producing tho Raw Materials 
of English Manufacture — Trading-Parties with Ivory — More Fever — A 
Hyena's Choice — Mnkololo Opinion of tho Portuguese — Cyprlano's Debt- - 
A Fmneral — Dread of Disembodied Spirits- Crossing tho Quango — Ambu- 
kist.TS called “Tho Jews of Angola” — Fashions of tho Bashinjo — Approach 
tho Village of Snnsawo — His Idea of Dignity — Tho Potnboiros' Present — 
Long Detention — A Blow on the Board — Attacked in a Forest — Suddeu 
Conversion of a Fighting Chief to Peace-Principles by means of a Re- 
volver — No Blood shod in consequence — Rate of Travelling — Fecdors of the 
Congo or Zaire — Obliged to rofuso Presents — Cross tho Loajiixa — Appear- 
ance of People: Hair-Fashions 280 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
Make a D6tour southward — Tho Chihombo — Cabango — Send a Sketch of the 
Country to Mr. Gabriel — Tho Chiof Bango — Valloy of tho Loombwo — Fune- 
ral Observances — Agrecablo Intercourse with Knwawa — Ilia Impudont De- 
mand 293 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Level Plains — Vultures — Twenty-Seventh Attack of Fovor — Roach Katema'a 
Town— His Renewed Hospitality — Ford Southern Branch of Lako Dilolo — 
Hearty Wclcomo from Shinto — Nyamoana. now a Widow — Purchase Canoos 
and dosccnd tho Lcoba — Despatch a Mcssago to Manenko — Arrival of hor 
Husband Sambanza— Mambawo Hunters — Chargod by a Buffalo — Reception 
from tho People of Libonta — Explain tho Causes of our Long Delay — Pit- 
sano’s Speech — Thanksgiving Sorviccs — Appoaranco of my “ Bravos” — Won- 
derful Kindness of tho People 303 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Colony of Birds callod Linkololo— Tho Village of Chitlnno — Murdor of Mpo 
lolo's Daughter — Execution of tho Murderer and his Wife — My Companion* 
find that their Wives havo married other Husbands — Sunday— A Party from 
Masiko — Froodom of Speech — Canoe struck by a Hippopotamus — Appear- 
ance of Trees at the End of Winter — Murky Atmosphere — Surprising Amount 
of Organic Life— The Packages fo -warded by Mr. Moffat — Makololo Suspi- 
Ai<t*r and Leply to the M.itebeln who brought then— Convey the Goods t» 
%v /aland and htt’Jd n lint .nor them — Ascertain that Sir R. Murchison hjui 
