CHAPTER IX.

CUSTOMS OF THE MUSSUBONGO, AMBRIZ, AND MUSHICONGO NEGROES--MANDIOCA PLANT; ITS PREPARATIONS--CHILI PEPPER--BANANAS--RATS--WHITE ANT--NATIVE BEER--STRANGE SOUNDS 280

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_Drawn on Wood by_ MR. EDWARD FIELDING; _the Views from Sketches by_ MRS. MONTEIRO, _and from Photographs; the Implements, &c., from the Originals_.

MAP _Frontispiece_.

Travelling in Angola--View near Ambriz _To face page_ 23

Porto da Lenha ” 81

View on the Congo, above Boma ” 99

Ankle-ring--Ring to ascend Palm-trees--Cage for carrying Ivory tusks--Engongui--Fetish figure--Mask--Pillow ” 140

Granite Pillar of Musserra--Wooden trumpet--Hoe--Pipe--Knives-- Clapping hands and Answer ” 145

View in the hilly country of Quiballa--Camoensia maxima ” 177

Quilumbo ” 185

Bembe Valley ” 189

Bembe Peak ” 231

ANGOLA AND THE RIVER CONGO.