al. The Jinga paid him tribute annually in cowries, which were found
on the island that shelters Loanda harbor, and, on refusing to continue
payment, the King of Congo gave over the island to the Portuguese, and
thus their dominion commenced in this quarter.

There is not much knowledge of the Christian religion in either Congo
or Angola, yet it is looked upon with a certain degree of favor. The
prevalence of fever is probably the reason why no priest occupies a post
in any part of the interior. They come on tours of visitation like
that mentioned, and it is said that no expense is incurred, for all the
people are ready not only to pay for their services, but also to furnish
every article in their power gratuitously. In view of the desolate
condition of this fine missionary field, it is more than probable that
the presence of a few Protestants would soon provoke the priests, if not
to love, to good works.

Chapter 22.

Leave Pungo Andongo--Extent of Portuguese Power--Meet Traders and
Carriers--Red Ants; their fierce Attack; Usefulness; Numbers--Descend
the Heights of Tala Mungongo--Fruit-trees in the Valley of
Cassange--Edible Muscle--Birds--Cassange Village--Quinine and Cathory--
Sickness of Captain Neves' Infant--A Diviner thrashed--Death of
the Child--Mourning--Loss of Life from the Ordeal--Wide-spread
Superstitions--The Chieftainship--Charms--Receive Copies of the
"Times"--Trading Pombeiros--Present for Matiamvo--Fever after westerly
Winds--Capabilities of Angola for producing the raw Materials of
English Manufacture--Trading Parties with Ivory--More Fever--A
Hyaena's Choice--Makololo Opinion of the Portuguese--Cypriano's Debt--A
Funeral--Dread of disembodied Spirits--Beautiful Morning Scenes--
Crossing the Quango--Ambakistas called "The Jews of Angola"--Fashions
of the Bashinje--Approach the Village of Sansawe--His Idea of
Dignity--The Pombeiros' Present--Long Detention--A Blow on the
Beard--Attacked in a Forest--Sudden Conversion of a fighting Chief
to Peace Principles by means of a Revolver--No Blood shed in
consequence--Rate of Traveling--Slave Women--Way of addressing
Slaves--Their thievish Propensities--Feeders of the Congo or
Zaire--Obliged to refuse Presents--Cross the Loajima--Appearance of
People; Hair Fashions.

JANUARY 1, 1855. Having, through the kindness of Colonel Pires,
reproduced some of my lost papers, I left Pungo Andongo the first day of
this year, and at Candumba, slept in one of