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tho bottom of tho vessel and the water poured off, is 
placed in the sun till nearly dry, to form tapioca. The 
process of drying is completed on an iron plate over a slow 
firo, tho mass being stirred meanwhile with a stick, and 
when quite dry it appears agglutinated into little globules 
and is in tho form wo see the tapioca of commerce. Thi 
is nover oaten by weevils, and so little labor is required in 
its cultivation that on tho spot it is extromcly cheap. 
Throughout tho interior parts of Angola, fino manioc-meal, 
which could with case havo been converted cither into supe- 
rior starch or tapioca, is commonly sold at tho rato of about 
ten pounds for a penny. All this region, however, has no 
means of transport to Loanda other than the shoulders of 
the carriers and slaves over a footpath. 
Cambambc, to which tho navigation of tho Coanza 
reaches, is reported to be thirty leagues below Pungo 
Andongo. A largo waterfall is tho limit on that side; and 
another exists higher up, at tho confluence of tho Lombo, 
(lat. 9° 41' 26" S. and about long. 16° E.,) over which hip- 
popotami and elephants aro sometimes drawn and killed. 
Tho river between is rapid, and generally rushes over a 
rocky bottom. Its sourco is pointed out as S.E*or S.S.E. 
of its confluence with tho Lombo, and near Biho. Tho situa- 
tion of Biho is not well known. When at Sanza, wo wore 
assured that it lies nearly south of that point, and eight 
days distant. This statement seemed to bo corroborated 
by our meeting many pcoplo going to Matiamvo and to 
Loanda from Biho. Both parties had como to Sanza, and 
then branched off, one to tho cast, tho other to tho west. 
Tho sourco of tho Coanza is thus probably not far from 
Sanza. 
I had the happiness of doing a little good in tho way of 
administering to tho sick ; for there aro no doctors in the 
interior of Angola. Notwithstanding tho general healthi- 
ness of this fino district and its pleasant temperature, I was 
attacked by tho fovor myself. Whilo confined to my room* 
a gontloman of color, a canon of tho Church, kindly paid 
