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and arrows than to white mon’s weapons. After surround 
ing and staring at us for an hour, they began to disporso. 
Tho two native Portuguese traders of whom wo had heard 
had erected a little encampment opposite tho placo whore 
ours was about to bo made. Ono of them, whose spin* 
had been injured in youth, — a rare sight in this country, — 
camo and visited us. I returned the visit next morning. 
His tall companion had that sickly yellow huo which mado 
him look fairer than myself, but his head was covered with 
a crop of unmistakablo wool. Thoy had a gang of young 
female slaves in a chain, hoeing tho ground in front of their 
oncampmont to clear it of weeds and grass ; those were 
purchased recently in Lobalo, whence tho traders had now 
’Ohio. There wero many Mnmbari with them, and tho 
istablishmont was conducted with that military order which 
pervades all tho arrangements of tho Portuguese colonists. 
A drum was boaton and trumpet sounded at cortain hours, 
quito in military fashion. It was tho first timo most of my 
men had seen slaves in chains. “ They aro not mon,” they 
exclaimed, (meaning, thoy aro boasts,) “who treat their 
children so.” 
Tho Balonda aro real negroes, having much more woo) 
on thoir heads and bodies than any of tho Bcchuana or 
Cadre tribcB. Thoy arc generally very dark in color, bui 
soveral arc to be seen of a lighter huo; many of the slaves 
who havo boon exported to Brazil havo gono from this 
region; but, while thoy havo a gonoral similarity to the 
typical negro, I never could, from my own observation, 
think that our ideal nogro, as seen in tobacconists’ shop®, 
is tho truo typo. A largo proportion of tho Balonda, indeed, 
havo heads somowhat elongated backward and upward, 
thick lips, flat noses, elongated ossa calces, &c. &c.; but thore 
aro also many good-looking, well-shaped heads and persons 
among them. 
nth, Tuesday . — Wo wero honored with a grand rocop 
tion by Shir.to about elovon o’clock. Sambanza claimed 
the honor of presenting us, Manonko boing slightly india- 
