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vanish at once, for they wont forward among tho men, 
and tho jolly tars, acting much as tho Makololo would have 
done in similar circumstances, handed them a share of the 
broad and beef which they had for dinnor. Tho com- 
mander allowed them to fire off a cannon; and, having 
the most exalted ideas of its powor, they wero greatly 
ploasod when I told thorn, “ That is what they put down 
tho slavo-trado with.” Tho sire of tho brig-of-war amazed 
them. “ It is not a canoe at all : it is a town !” Tho 
sailors’ deck they named “ tho kotla and thon, as a 
climax to their description of this great ark, added, “And 
what sort of a town is it that you must climb up into with 
a ropo?” 
tho effect of tho politeness of tho officers and men on 
their minds was most beneficial. They had behaved with 
tho groatost kindness to me all tho way from Linyanti, 
ar >d I now roso rapidly in their estimation ; for, whatever 
they may have surmised before, they now saw that I was 
respected among my own countrymen, and always aftor- 
ward treated mo with tho greatest deforonce. 
On the 15th thero was a procession and service of the 
mass in the Cathedral ; and, wishing to show my men a 
place of worship, I took them to tho church, which now 
serves as tho chief one of tho see of Angola and Congo. 
There is an impression on some minds that a gorgeous 
ntual is better calculated to inspire devotional feelings 
than the simplo forms of tho Protestant worship. But 
a °To tho frequent genuflexions, changing of positions, 
urning of incense, Avith tho priests’ back turned to the 
people, tho laughing, talking, and manifest irreverence of 
the singers, with firing of guns, &c., did not convey to the 
minds of my men tho idea of adoration. I overheard 
them, 'n talking to each other, remark that “they had 
g cen the Avhito men charming their demons;” a phrase 
'dontical Avith one they had used Avhcn seeing the Balonda 
heating drums before their idols. 
In the beginning of August 1 suffered a severe relapse, 
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