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ing to the Makololo, and they began to abuse tho traders 
by whom they had, while in their own country, been visited, 
and, as they now declared, “cheated.” They bad no idea 
of the value of time and carriage, and it was somewhat 
difficult for me to convince them that the reason of the dif- 
ference of prices lay entirely in what they themselves had 
done in coming here, and that, if the Portuguese should 
carry goods to their country, they would by no means be 
bo liberal in their prices. They imagined that, if the Cao- 
sange traders came to Linyanti, they would continue to 
vend their goods at Cassange prices. I believe I gave them 
at last a clear idea of the manner in which prices were regu- 
lated by the expenses incurred; and when wo went to 
Loanda, and saw goods delivered at a still cheaper rate, 
they concluded that it would bo bettor for them to come to 
that city than to turn homeward at Cassange. 
Mr. Kego, the commandant, very handsomely offered me 
a soldier as a guard to Ambaca. My men told me that 
they had been thinking it would be better to turn back 
here, as they had boeu informed by the people of color at 
Cassange that I was leading them down to the sea-coast 
on ly to sell them, and they would be taken on board ship, 
fattened, and eaten, as the white men were cannibals. 1 
asked if they had ever heard of an Englishman buying or 
selling people ; if I had not refused to take a slave when 
she was offered to me by Shinte ; but, as 1 had always be* 
Q aved as an English teacher, if they now doubted my inten- 
tions, they had better not go to tho coast ; I, however, who 
oxpected to meet some of my countrymen there, was deter- 
mined to go on. They replied that they crnly thought it 
right to tell me what had been told to them, but they did 
n °t intend to leave mo, and would follow wherever 1 
Bhould lead tho way. This affair being disposed of for the 
time, the commandant gave them an ox, and me a friendly 
dinner before parting. All the merchants of Cassango 
accompanied us, in their hammocks carried by slaves, to 
the edge of the plateau on which their village stands, and 
