Chapter 21

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.