nsis'), when told that this would produce
oil in much greater quantity than their native tree, which is not a
palm. There are very few palm-trees in this country, but near Bango
we saw a few of a peculiar palm, the ends of the leaf-stalks of which
remain attached to the trunk, giving it a triangular shape.

It is pleasant to observe that all the tribes in Central Africa are fond
of agriculture. My men had collected quantities of seeds in Angola,
and now distributed them among their friends. Some even carried onions,
garlic, and bird's-eye pepper, growing in pannikins. The courts of the
Balonda, planted with tobacco, sugar-cane, and plants used as relishes,
led me to the belief that care would be taken of my little nursery.

The thermometer early in the mornings ranged from 42 Deg. to 52 Deg., at
noon 94 Deg. to 96 Deg., and in the evening about 70 Deg. It was placed
in the shade of my tent, which was pitched under the thickest tree we
could find. The sensation of cold, after the heat of the day, was very
keen. The Balonda at this season never leave their fires till nine
or ten in the morning. As the cold was so great here, it was probably
frosty at Linyanti; I therefore feared to expose my young trees there.
The latitude of Shinte's town is 12d 37' 35" S., longitude 22d 47' E.

We remained with Shinte till the 6th of July, he being unwilling to
allow us to depart before hearing in a formal manner, in the presence of
his greatest councilor Chebende, a message from Limboa, the brother of
Masiko. When Masiko fled from the Makololo country in consequence of a
dislike of being in a state of subjection to Sebituane, he came into the
territory of Shinte, who received him kindly, and sent orders to all
the villages in his vicinity to supply him with food. Limboa fled in a
westerly direction with a number of people, and also became a chief.
His country was sometimes called Nyenko, but by the Mambari and native
Portuguese traders "Mboela"--the place where they "turned again",
or back. As one of the fruits of polygamy, the children of different
mothers are always in a state of variance. Each son endeavors to gain
the ascendency by enticing away the followers of the others. The
mother of Limboa being of a high family, he felt aggrieved because
the situation chosen by Masiko was better than his. Masiko lived at a
convenient distance from the Saloisho hills, where there is abundance of
iron ore, with which the inhabitants manufactur