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at Angola for a small copper coin worth 2 \d., and 
the change caused a disturbance for which five 
soldiers were shot. Silver was represented by 
“ Intagas,” thick cottons the size of two large ker¬ 
chiefs (= is. 6 d.) and “ Folingas,” finer sorts used 
for waist-cloths (= $s. 6 d .); and gold by Beirames 
(alii Biramis): Carli says the latter are coarse 
Indian cottons 5 ells long and each = 200 reis ; 
others describe them as fine linen each piece worth 
ys. 6 d. to 8 s. The bank-note was the “ Indian 
piece or Mulech, a young black about twenty 
years of age, worth 20 Mil Reys (dollars) each.” 
(Carli.) In the Barbots’ day each “ coin-clout ”) 
was equivalent to 2d .; some were unmarked, whilst 
others bore the Portuguese arms single or double. 
The wilder Kru-men still keep up their “ buya- 
part” (=25 cents), a cloth 4 inches square and 
thickly sewn over with cowries. 
The only liquor was palm wine in huge cala¬ 
bashes. The smoking of Lyamba (Bhang or 
Cannabis sativd) seems to become more common 
as we advance. I did not find the plant growing, 
as did Dr. Livingstone at Linyanti and amongst 
the Batoka (“ First Expedition,” 198, 541). The 
pipe is the gourd of a baobab, which here some¬ 
times grows a foot and a half long; it is cleared, 
filled with water and provided with a wooden tube 
fixed in the upper part away from the mouth, and 
supporting a small “ chillam” or bowl of badly 
