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racter, 1 -was an object of curiosity to these hospitable 
Portuguese. They evidently looked upon me as an agent 
of the English Government engaged in some now move 
taent for the suppression of slavery. They could not divine 
what a “ missionario” had to do with latitudes and longi- 
tudes, which I was intent on observing. When we became 
a little familiar, the questions put were rather amusiDg : — 
“ Is it common for missionaries to be doctor's ?” “ Are yon 
a doctor of medicine and a ‘ doutor mathematico’ too ? 
You must be more than a missionary to know how to calcu- 
late the longitude. Come ; tell us at once what rank you 
hold in the English army.” They may havo given credit 
to my reason for wearing the mustache, as that explains 
why men have beards and women have none; but that 
which puzzled many besides my Cassango friends was the 
anomaly of my being a “ sacerdoto,” with a wife and four 
children ! I usually got rid of the last question by putting 
another : — “ Is it not better to have children with a wife than 
to have children without a wife?” But all wero most kind 
and hospitable ; and, as one of their festivals was near, they 
invited mo to partake of the feast. 
The anniversary of the Resurrection of our Savior was 
observed on the 16th of April as a day of rejoicing, though 
the Portuguese havo no priests at Cassange. The colored 
Population dressed up a figuro intended to represent Judas 
Iscariot, and paraded him on a riding-ox about the village • 
sneers and maledictions wero freely bestowed on the poor 
Wretch thus represented. The slaves and free colored popu- 
lation, dressed in their gayost clothing, made visits to all 
the principal merchants, and, wishing them “ a good feast,” 
expected a present in return. This, though frequently 
granted in the shape of pieces of calico to make new 
drosses, was occasionally refused; but the rebuff did not 
much affect tho petitioner. 
At ten a.m. we went to tho residence of the commandant, 
an d, on a signal being given, two of tho four brass guns 
belonging to the Government commenced firing, and con- 
