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small one, as is common in this hot central region. Some idea 
may be formed of the strength of his neck, when it is recollected 
that he bore a weight of 256 lbs. The ivory which comes from 
the east and north-east of Cassange, is very much larger than any 
to be found further south. Captain Neves had one weighing 
120 lbs.; and tliis weight is by no means uncommon. They have 
been found weighing even 158 lbs. 
Before reaching the Quango we were again brought to a stand 
by fever in two of my companions, close to the residence of a 
Portuguese who rejoiced in the name of Wdliam Tell, and who 
Hved here, in spite of the proliibition of the government. We 
were using the water of a pond, and this gentleman having come 
to invite me to dinner, drank a little of it, and caught fever in 
consequence. If malarious matter existed in water, it would have 
been a wonder had we escaped; for, traveUing in the sun, with 
the thermometer from 96° to 98° in the shade, the evaporation 
from our bodies causing much thirst, we generally partook of 
every water we came to. We had probably thus more disease 
than others might suffer who had better shelter. 
Mr. TeU remarked that Ihs garden was rather barren, being 
stni, as he said, wHd; but when more worked it would become 
better, though no manure be applied. My men were busy col¬ 
lecting a better breed of fowls and pigeons than those in then- 
own country. Mr. TeU presented them with some large speci¬ 
mens from Eio Janeiro. Of these they were wonderfuUy proud, 
and bore the cock in triumph tlirough the country of the Ba- 
londa, as evidence of having been to the sea. But when at the 
vUlage of Shinte, a hysena came into om- midst when we were 
aU sound asleep, and picked out the giant in his basket from 
eighty-four others, and he was lost, to the great grief of my men. 
The anxiety these people have always shown to improve the 
breed of their domestic animals, is, I think, a favourable point 
in then- character. On lookmg at the common breeds in the 
possession of the Portuguese, which are merely native cattle, and 
seeing them slaughter both heifer-calves and cows, wliich they 
themselves never do, and likewise making no use of the milk, 
they concluded that the Portuguese must be an inferior race of 
wlhte men. They never ceased remarking on the fine ground for 
gardens over wliich we were passing; and when I happened to 
