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for the commandant, but neither fort nor church, though 
ruins of a place of worship are still standing. 
Wo were most kindly received by the commandant of 
Ambaca, Arsonio de Carpo, who spoko a little English. 
Ho recommended wine for my debility, and hero I took 
the first glass of that beverage I had taken in Africa. I 
felt much refreshed, and could then realize and moditate 
on the weakening effects of the fever. They were curious 
even to myself ; for, though I had triod several times since 
we left Ngio to take lunar observations, I could not avoid 
confusion of time and distance, neither could I hold tho 
mstrument steady, nor perform a simple calculation : hence 
many of tho positions of this part of tho route wore loft 
till my return from Loanda. Often, on getting up in the 
mornings, I found my clothing as wot from perspiration as 
it had been dipped in wator. In vain had I tried to 
learn or collect words of tho Bunda, or dialect spoken in 
Angola. I forgot tho days of the week and tho names of 
my companions, and, had I been asked, I probably could 
not have told my own. Tho complaint itself occupied 
many of my thoughts. Ono day I supposed that I had got 
the truo theory of it, and would certainly cure tho next 
attack, whether in myself or companions; but some now 
symptoms would appear and scatter all tho fino specula- 
- 10 ns which had sprung up, with extraordinary fertility, in 
°no department of my brain. 
This district is said to contain upward of 40,000 souls. 
Sonic ten or twelve miles to the north of tho village of Am- 
^ a ‘ a there once stood the missionary station of Cahenda • 
and it is now quite astonishing to observe the great num- 
bers who can read and write in this district. This is the 
fruit of tho labors of tho Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries, 
for they taught the people of Ambaca ; and over since the 
expulsion of tho teachers by tho Marquis of Pombal the 
datives have continued to teach each other. These devoted 
mon are still hold in high estimation throughout tho coun- 
tr y to this day. All sneak well of them, (os padres Josuitas;) 
