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in conversation, I found, on rising from his couch, that he 
had at once proceeded to cook a fowl for my use ; and at 
parting he gave mo a glass of wine, which prevented the 
Violent fit of shivering I expected that afternoon. The 
universal hospitality of the Portuguese was most gratify- 
ln g> as it was quito unexpected ; and even now, as I copy 
journal, I remember it all with a glow of gratitude. 
'Vo spent Sunday, tho 14th of May, at Cabinda, which is 
ono of the stations of the sub-commandants, who are placed 
at different points in each district of Angola as assistants 
°f the head-commandant, or chefe. It is situated in a 
beautiful glen, and surrounded by plantations of bananas 
and manioc. 
Wo mot numbers of Mambari on their way back to Bike 
Some of them had belonged to tho parties which had pene- 
trated as far as Linyanti, and foolishly showed their dis- 
pleasuro at tho prospect of the Makololo preferring to go 
to tho coast-markets themselves to intrusting them with 
their ivory. The Mambari repeated the tale of tho modo 
id which the wkito men are said to trade. “The ivory is 
telt on the shore in tho ovening, and next morning the 
seller finds a quantity of goods placed there in its stead by 
tbo wliito men who live on the sea.” “Now,” added they 
to my men, “ how can you Makolo trade with these ‘ mer- 
meu ’ ? Can you enter into tho sea and tell them to come 
ushoro 1 ” It was remarkablo to hoar this idea repeated so 
Dear tho sea as wo now were. My men replied that thoy 
only wanted to see for themselves ; and, as they wore now 
getting some light on tho nature of tho trade carried on by 
o Mambari, they wero highly amused on perceiving the 
reasons why tho Mambari would rather have met them on 
0 Zambesi than so near tho sea-coast. 
Thoro is something so exhilarating to ono of Highland 
°od in being near or on high mountains, that I forgot my 
ever as we wended our way among tho lofty tree-covered 
trusses of mica schist which form tho highlands around the 
r°caantic residence of tho ekofe of Golungo Alto. (Lat. 9° 
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