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CASSANGE VILLAGE. 
Chap. XXII. 
species of lark are seen. They are black, with yellow shoulders. 
Another black bird, with a long tail {Oentropus Senegalensis), floats 
awkwardly, with its tail in a perpendicular position, over the long 
grass. It always chooses the highest points, and is caught on 
them with bird-hme, the long black tail-feathers being highly 
esteemed by the natives for plumes. We saw here also the 
Lehututu ” (Tragopan Leadheaterii), a large bird strongly resem¬ 
bling a turkey; it is black on the ground, but when it flies, the 
outer half of the wings are white. It kills serpents, striking 
them dexterously beliind the head. It derives its native name 
from the noise it makes, and it is found as far as Kolobeng. 
Another species like it, is called the Abyssinian hornbill. 
Before we reached Cassange, we were overtaken by the Com¬ 
mandant, Senlior Carvalho, who was returniug, with a detachment 
of fifty men and a field-piece, from an unsuccessful search after 
some rebels. The rebels had fled, and all he could do was to 
burn their huts. He Idndly invited me to take up my residence 
with him, but, not wishing to pass by the gentleman, (Captaiu 
Neves) who had so kindly received me on my first arrival in the 
Portuguese possessions, I dechned. Senhor Eego had been super¬ 
seded in his command, because the Governor Amaral, who had 
come into office since my departure from Loanda, had determined 
that the law wliich requires the office of commandant to be ex¬ 
clusively occupied by mflitary officers of the hne, should once more 
come into operation. I was again most kindly welcomed by my 
friend Captain Neves, whom I found labouring under a violent 
inflammation and abscess of the hand. There is notliing in the 
situation of this village to indicate unhealtliiness, except perhaps 
the rank luxuriance of the vegetation. Nearly aU the Portu¬ 
guese inhabitants suffer from enlargement of the spleen, the 
effects of frequent intermittents, and have generally a sickly 
appearance. Tliinking that this affection of the hand, was simply 
an effort of nature to get rid of malarious matter from the system, 
I recommended the use of quinine. He himself apphed the leaf 
of a plant called cathory, famed among the natives as an excellent 
remedy for ulcers. The cathory-leaves, when boiled, exude a 
gummy juice, wliich effectually shuts out the external air. Each 
remedy of course claimed the merit of the cure. 
Many of the clnldren are cut off by fever. A fine boy of 
