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SPINNING AND WEAVING. 
contains a population of 6530 blacks, 172 mulattoos, and 11 
whites, and is so named from having boon tho residenco of 
a former native king. Tho proportion of slaves is only 
8.38 per cent, of the inhabitants. Tho commandant of this 
place, Lauronco Jose Marquis, is a frank old soldier and a 
most hospitable man : ho is ono of tho few who secure the 
universal approbation of their fellow-men for stern unflinch- 
ing honesty, and has risen from tho ranks to be a major in 
the army. Wo were accompanied thus far by our generous 
host, Edmund Gabriel, Esq., who, by his unwearied atten- 
tions to mysolf, and liberality in supporting my men, bad 
become ondcarod to all our hearts. My men were strongly 
impressed with a senso of his goodness, and often spoke of 
him in torms of admiration all the way to Linyanti. 
28<A September , Kalungwembo . — Wo wore still on the same 
path by which wc had come, and, thero boing no mosqui- 
tos, wo could now better enjoy tho scenery. .Ranges of 
hills occupy both sides of our path, and tho fine level road 
is adorned with a beautiful red flower named Bolcamaria 
Tho markots or sleeping-places arc well supplied with pro- 
visions by groat numbers of women, overy ono of whom is 
seen spinning cotton with a spindle and distaff exactly like 
those which were in uso among tho ancient Egyptians. A 
woman is scarcely over seen going to tho fields — though 
with a pot on her head, a child on her back, and tho boo 
over her shoulder — but she is employed in this way. The 
cotton was brought to tho markot for sale, and I bought a 
pound for a penny. This was tho price domanded, and 
probably double what thoy ask from each other. Wo saw 
the cotton growing luxuriantly all around tho market- 
places from seeds dropped accidentally. It is seen also 
about tho native huts, and, so far as I could learn, it wa* 
tho Amorican cotton, so influenced by climato as to ha 
perennial. Wo met in tho road natives passing with bun- 
dles of cops, or Bpir Res full of cotton thread, and these 
thoy were carrying t > other parts to bo woven into cloth. 
The women are the spinners, and the men perform the 
