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weight of 256 lbs The ivory which comes from the east 
and northeast of Cassange is very much larger than any 
to bo found farther south. Captain Neves had one weigh 
ing 120 lbs. ; and this weight is by no means uncommor 
They havo been found weighing oven 158 lbs. 
Before reaching tho Quango we woro again brought tJ 
a stand, by fovcr in two of my companions, close to th* 
residence of a Portuguese who rojoiccd in tho name ox 
William Tell and who lived hero in spite of tho prohibition 
of the Government. Wo wero using the water of a pond; 
and this gentleman, having como to invito mo to dinno? 
drank a little of it, and caught fovcr in consoqucnco. It 
malarious matter existed in water, it would havo been a 
wonder had we escaped; for, travelling in tho sun, w,,l> 
tho thermometer from 96° to 98° in the shade, tho evapora- 
tion from our bodies causing much thirst, wo generally 
partook of every water wo camo to. Wo had probably 
thus more disease than others might suffer who had bettor 
shelter. 
Mr. Tell remarked that his garden was rather barren, 
being still, as he said, wild ; but whon more worked it 
would becomo better, though no manure bo applied. My 
men wero busy collecting a better breed of fowls and 
pigeons than those in their own country. Mr. Tell p re ' 
sentod them with some largo specimens from Bio Janeiro. 
Of these they wero wonderfully proud, and boro the cock 
in triumph through tho country of tho Balonda, as evidence 
ol having been to tho sea. But when at tho village of 
Shinte a hyena camo into our midst when wo wero 
sound asleep, and picked out tho giant in his basket fro 10 
eighty-four others, and ho was lost, to tho great grief °* 
my men. Tho anxioty theso people havo always shown to 
improve tho breed of their domestic animals is, J think, * 
favorable point in their character. 
On coming back to Cypriano’s village on tho 28tb, v ' a 
found his step-father had died after wo had passed, and. 
accoiding to tho custom of tho country, ho tad spent mor'’ 
