, he benevolently offered me his bed. Never shall I forget
the luxurious pleasure I enjoyed in feeling myself again on a good
English couch, after six months' sleeping on the ground. I was soon
asleep; and Mr. Gabriel, coming in almost immediately, rejoiced at the
soundness of my repose.

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.

In the hope that a short enjoyment of Mr. Gabriel's generous hospitality
would restore me to my wonted vigor, I continued under his roof; but my
complaint having been caused by long exposure to malarious influences,
I became much more reduced than ever, even while enjoying rest. Several
Portuguese gentlemen called on me shortly after my arrival; and the
Bishop of Angola, the Right Reverend Joaquim Moreira Reis, then the
acting governor of the province, sent his secretary to do the same, and
likewise to offer the services of the government physician.

Some of her majesty's cruisers soon came into the port, and, seeing the
emaciated condition to which I was reduced, offered to convey me to St.
Helena or homeward; but, though I had reached the coast, I had found
that, in conseq