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le<ad upon tlio fishermen of the Coanza. This fish is so 
much relished in the country that those who do not wish 
to oat them can easily convert them into money The 
commandant of the district of Massangano, for mstanco, 
has a right to a dish of three hundred over}' morning, as 
part of his salary. Shell-fish aro also found in the Coanza, 
and tho “ Pcixomulhcr,” or woman-fish of the Portuguese, 
which is probably a Manatee. 
Wo found tho town of Massangano on a tongue of rather 
high land formed by the left bank of tho' Lucalla and right 
bank of the Coanza, and received true Portuguese hospi- 
tality from Senhor Lubata. Tho town has more than a 
thousand inhabitants: the district has 28,063, with only 
315 slaves. 
Massangano district is well adapted for sugar and rice, 
while Cambambo is a very superior field for cotton ; but 
tho bar at tho mouth of the Coanza would prevent the ap- 
proach of a steamer into this desirable region, though a 
small one could ply on it with case when once in. 
The latitude of tho town and fort of Massangano is 9° 
37' 46" S., being nearly tho same as that of Cassango. The 
country botween Loanda and this point being compara- 
tively flat, a railroad might be constructed at small ex. 
ponse. Tho level country is prolonged along tho north 
bank of the Coanza to tho edge of tho Cassango basin, and 
a railway carried thither would bo convenient for tho trans- 
port of tho products of tho rich districts of Cassango, 
Pungo Andougo, Ambaca, Cambambo, Golungo Alto, Ca- 
zongo, Muchima, and Calumbo, — in a word, tho whole of 
Angola and independent tribos adjacent to this kingdom. 
Returning by asconding tho Lucalla into Cazengo, we 
h&d an opportunity of visiting sovoral flourishing coffee- 
plantations, and observed that sovoral men, who had begun 
with no capital but honost industry, had in tho oourse of 
a few years acquired a comfortablo subsistence. Ono of 
these, Mr. Pinto, generously furnished me with a good 
supply of his excellent coffee, and my men with a breed 
