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-- Way in which it was averted -- Change our Path
-- Summer -- Fever -- Beehives and the Honey-guide -- Instinct of
Trees -- Climbers -- The Ox Sinbad -- Absence of Thorns in the Forests
-- Plant peculiar to a forsaken Garden -- Bad Guides -- Insubordination
suppressed -- Beset by Enemies -- A Robber Party -- More Troubles --
Detained by Ionga Panza -- His Village -- Annoyed by Bangala Traders
-- My Men discouraged -- Their Determination and Precaution.

Chapter 19.
Guides prepaid -- Bark Canoes -- Deserted by Guides -- Mistakes
respecting the Coanza -- Feelings of freed Slaves -- Gardens and
Villages -- Native Traders -- A Grave -- Valley of the Quango --
Bamboo -- White Larvae used as Food -- Bashinje Insolence -- A
posing Question -- The Chief Sansawe -- His Hostility -- Pass him
safely -- The River Quango -- Chief's mode of dressing his Hair --
Opposition -- Opportune Aid by Cypriano -- His generous Hospitality
-- Ability of Half-castes to read and write -- Books and Images --
Marauding Party burned in the Grass -- Arrive at Cassange -- A good
Supper -- Kindness of Captain Neves -- Portuguese Curiosity and
Questions -- Anniversary of the Resurrection -- No Prejudice against
Color -- Country around Cassange -- Sell Sekeletu's Ivory --
Makololo's Surprise at the high Price obtained -- Proposal to return
Home, and Reasons -- Soldier-guide -- Hill Kasala -- Tala Mungongo,
Village of -- Civility of Basongo -- True Negroes -- A Field of Wheat --
Carriers -- Sleeping-places -- Fever -- Enter District of Ambaca -- Good

Fruits of Jesuit Teaching -- The `Tampan'; its Bite -- Universal
Hospitality of the Portuguese -- A Tale of the Mambari -- Exhilarating
Effects of Highland Scenery -- District of Golungo Alto -- Want of
good Roads -- Fertility -- Forests of gigantic Timber -- Native
Carpenters -- Coffee Estate -- Sterility of Country near the Coast --
Mosquitoes -- Fears of the Makololo -- Welcome by Mr. Gabriel to
Loanda.

Chapter 20.
Continued Sickness -- Kindness of the Bishop of Angola and her
Majesty's Officers -- Mr. Gabriel's unwearied Hospitality -- Serious
Deportment of the Makololo -- They visit Ships of War -- Politeness of
the Officers and Men -- The Makololo attend Mass in the Cathedral --
Their Remarks -- Find Employment in collecting Firewood and
unloading Coal -- Their superior Judgment respecting Goods --
Beneficial Influence of the Bishop of Angola -- The City of St. Paul de
Loanda -- The Harbor -- Custom-house -- No English Merchants --
Sincerity of the Portuguese Government in suppressing the Slave-trade
-- Convict Soldiers -- Presents from Bishop and Merchants for Sekeletu
-- Outfit -- Leave Loanda 20th September, 1854 -- Accompanied by Mr.
Gabriel as far as Icollo i Bengo -- Sugar Manufactory -- Geology of this
part of the Country -- Women spinning Cotton -- Its Price -- Native
Weavers -- Market-places -- Cazengo; its Coffee Plantations -- South
American Trees -- Ruins of Iron Foundry -- Native Miners -- The
Banks of the Lucalla -- Cottages with Stages -- Tobacco-plants -- Town
of Massangano -- Sugar and Rice -- Superior District for Cotton --
Portuguese Merchants and foreign Enterprise -- Ruins -- The Fort and
its ancient Guns -- Former Importance of Massangano -- Fires -- The
Tribe Kisama -- Peculiar Variety of Domestic Fowl -- Coffee
Plantations -- Return to Golungo Alto -- Self-complacency of the
Makololo -- Fever -- Jaundice -- Insanity.

Chapter 21.
Visit a deserted Convent -- Favorable Report of Jesuits and their
Teaching -- Gradations of native Society -- Punishment of Thieves --

Palm-toddy; its baneful Effects -- Freemasons -- Marriages and
Funerals -- Litigation -- Mr. Canto's Illness -- Bad Behavior of his
Slaves -- An Entertainment -- Ideas on Free Labor -- Loss of American
Cotton-seed -- Abundance of Cotton in the country -- Sickness of
Sekeletu's Horse -- Eclipse of the Sun -- Insects which distill Water --
Experiments with them -- Proceed to Ambaca -- Sickly Season --
Office of Commandant -- Punishment of official Delinquents -- Present
from Mr. Schut of Loanda -- Visit Pungo Andongo -- Its good
Pasturage, Grain, Fruit, etc. -- The Fort and columnar Rocks -- The
Queen of Jinga -- Salubrity of Pungo Andongo -- Price of a Slave -- A
Merchant-prince -- His Hospitality -- Hear of the Loss of my Papers in
"Forerunner" -- Narrow Escape from an Alligator -- Ancient
Burial-places -- Neglect of Agriculture in Angola -- Manioc the staple
Product -- Its Cheapness -- Sickness -- Friendly Visit from a colored
Priest -- The Prince of Congo -- No Priests in the Interior of Angola.

Chapter 22.
Leave Pungo Andongo -- Extent of