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Portuguese Hospitality. 
me introductions to all the district commandants, 
Sr. Moses Abecasis, and Sr. Francisco A. Flores, 
Sir Henry Huntley’s host, obliged me with re¬ 
commendations to the most influential agents at 
Porto da Lenha on the Congo River. Mr. Essex 
of St. Helena placed me in the hands of his com¬ 
patriot, Mr. Scott, and Captain Hoskins, R.N., 
ended his kindness with ordering for me a passage 
on board H.M. Steamship “Griffon,” an old ac¬ 
quaintance in the Gaboon River. Briefly, I quitted 
Sao Paulo with the best wishes for one and all 
who had befriended me. 
