COUNTRY AROUND CASSANGE. 
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manners of superiors to inferiors is probably the result of 
the position they occupy — a few whites among the usands 
of blacks ; but nowhere else in Africa is there so much 
good-will between Europeans and natives as hore. If some 
border-colonists had the absolute certainty of our Govern- 
ment declining to bear them out in their arrogance, we 
should probably hear less of Cafl'ro insolence. It is inso- 
lence which begets insolence. 
Prom the village of Cassange wo have a good view of 
the surrounding country : it is a gently-undulating plain, 
covered with grass and patches of forest. The western 
edge of the Quango valley appears, about twenty miles 
°ff, as if it were a range of lofty mountains, and passes by 
the name of Tala Mungongo, (“Behold the Range.”) Id 
the old Portuguese map, to which I had been trusting in 
planning my route, it is indicated as Talla Mugongo, or 
“Castle of Rocks!” and the Coanza is put down as rising 
therefrom ; but hero I was assured that the Coanza had 
sts source near Bihe, far to the southwest of this, and we 
should not see that ri for till we came near Pungo Andonga. 
It is somewhat remarkable that more accurate information 
about this country has not been published. Captain Neves 
and others had a correct idea of the courses of the rivers, 
and communicated their knowledge freely; yet about this 
time maps were sont to Europe from Angola representing 
the Quango and Coanza as the same river, and Cassange 
placed about one hundred miles from its true position. 
The frequent recurrence of the same name has probably 
helped to increase the confusion. I have crossed several 
Quangos, but all insignificant except that which drains this 
valley. The repetition of the favorite names of chiefs, as 
Catcnde, is also perplexing, as one Catonde may be mis- 
taken for another. To avoid this confusion aB much as 
possible, I havo refrained from introducing many names. 
Numerous villages are studded all over the valley; but 
these possess no permanonce, and many more existed pro- 
