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of the Sambo, is a man of considerable wealth, and 
reckons a large number of inhabitants in the villages 
and hamlets over which he holds sway. He received me 
very courteously, and invited me to take up my quarters 
within his village, which I accepted. He promised me 
carriers for the following day, although, as he said, I had 
not arrived at a very favourable juncture, as many of 
his people were absent upon a war excursion. I paid 
and discharged the Quimbungo carriers, and felt confi¬ 
dent about resuming my journey on the following day. 
A short time before my own arrival, a wealthy chief, by 
name Cassoma, had reached the Dumbo. He was a 
friend of my host, whom he had come to visit, travelling 
1 AND 2 . LUINA HOUSES— 4 FT. 7 IN. HIGH. 3 . GRANARY. 
for that purpose from his residence on the bank of the 
Cubango. This Cassoma was far from being sympathetic 
to me, although he was himself profuse in his expressions 
of friendship, and even offered to accompany me to the 
Bihe. 
In the evening I sent three bottles of aguardente to 
my host and reminded him not to fail me next morning 
in the matter of carriers. Contrary to the hospitable 
customs of the natives in these parts, the chief had sent 
me nothing whatsoever to eat, and as none would sell 
us flour, we were beginning to get very hungry. It was 
about eight o’clock at night that, in a very bad humour 
and with an empty stomach, I was about to retire to 
rest, when I heard a knocking at my door, which was 
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