Chap. XX. 
COFFEE-PLAKTATIOXS. 
401 
Being anxious to obtain some more knowledge of tliis inter¬ 
esting country, and its ancient missionary establisliments, than the 
line of route by wliich we had come afforded, I resolved to visit 
the town of Massangano, which is situated to the south of Golungo 
Alto, and at the confluence of the rivers Lucalla and Coanza. 
This led me to pass through the district of Cazengo, which is 
rather famous for the abundance and excellence of its coffee. 
Extensive coffee plantations were found to exist on the sides of 
the several lofty mountains that compose this district. They 
were not planted by the Portuguese. The Jesuit and other mis¬ 
sionaries are known to have brought some of the fine old Mocha 
seed, and these have propagated themselves far and wide; hence 
the excellence of the Angola coffee. Some have asserted that, as 
new plantations were constantly discovered even during the period 
of our visit, the coffee-tree was indigenous; but the fact that 
pine-apples, bananas, yams, orange-trees, custard apple-trees, 
pitangas, guavas, and other South American trees, were found by 
me in the same locahties with the recently-discovered coftee, 
would seem to indicate that aU foreign trees must have been 
184 soldiers of militia. 
3603 privileged gentlemen, i.e, who may 
wear boots. 
18 vagabonds. 
717 old men. 
54 blind men and women. 
81 lame men and women. 
770 slave men. 
807 slave women. 
9578 fj’ee women. 
393 possessors of land. 
300 female gardeners. 
139 hunters of wild animals. 
I 980 smiths. 
314 mat-makers. 
4065 males under 7 years of age. 
6012 females under 7 years of age. 
These people possess 300 idol-houses, 600 sheep, 5000 goats, 500 oxen, 398 
gardens, 25,120 hearths. The authorities find great difficulty in getting the 
people to furnish a correct account of their numbers. This census is quoted 
merely for the purpose of giving a general idea of the employments of the 
inhabitants. 
The following is talfen from the census of Icollo i Ben go, and is added for 
a similar reason :— 
3232 living without the marriage tie. (All 
those who have not been married 
by a priest are so distinguished.) 
4 orphans—2 black and 2 white. 
9 native chiefs. 
2 carpenters. 
21 potters. 
11 tailors. 
2 shoemakers. 
3 barbeis. 
5 mat-makers. 
12 sack-makers. 
21 basket-makers, 
The cattle in the district are : 10 asses, 401 oxen, 492 cows, 3933 sheep, 
1699 goats, 909 swine; and as an annual tax is levied of sixpence per head on 
all stock, it is probable that the returns are less than the reality. 
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