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TETE PLUNDERED AND BURNED. 
neither hands to labor nor to fight for them. It was just 
tho story of tho goose and the golden egg. Tho coffee 
and sugar plantations and gold-washings were abandoned, 
because the labor had been oxported to tho Brazils. Many 
of the Portuguese thon followed their slaves, and the 
Government was obligod to pass a law to prevent further 
emigration, which, had it gone on, would have depopu- 
lated tho Portuguese possessions altogether. A clovor 
man of Asiatic (Goa) and Portuguese extraction, called 
Nyaude, now built a stockade at tho confluence of tho 
Luonya and Zambesi; and, when tho commandant of Toto 
sent an officer with his company to summon him to his 
presence, Nyaude asked permission of tho officer to dress 
himself, which being granted, ho went into an inner apart- 
ment, and tho officer ordered his men to pile their arms. 
A drum of war began to beat a noto which is well known 
to tho inhabitants. Somo of tho soldiers took tho alarm 
on hearing this noto; but tho officer, disregarding their 
warning, was, with his wholo party, in a few minutes dis- 
armed and bound hand and foot. Tho commandant of 
dote then armed tho wholo body of slaves and marched 
against tho stockade of Nyaudo; but when thoy camo near 
to it thero was tho Luonya still to cross. As thoy did not 
effect this speedily, Nyaude despatched a strong party 
under his son Bonga across tho river below tho stockade, 
and up tho left bank of tho Zambesi until they camo near 
to Teto. Thoy thon attacked Tcto, which was wholly un- 
defended savo by a few soldiers in tho fort, plundered and 
burned tho wholo town except tho house of tho command- 
ant and a few others, with tho church and fort. The 
women and childron fled into tho church ; and it is a ro- 
markablo fact that nono of tho natives of this region will 
over attack a church. Having rendered Teto a ruin, Bonga 
carried off all tho cattle and plunder to his father. Nows 
of this having boon brought to tho army before tho stock- 
ade, a sudden panic dispersed tho whole ; and, as tho 1 ugi- 
tivos took roundabout ways in their flight, Katolosa, who 
