Chapter 31

to my Men--The Village of Tete--The Population--Distilled Spirits--The Fort--Cause of the Decadence of Portuguese Power-- Former Trade--Slaves employed in Gold-washing--Slave-trade drained the Country of Laborers--The Rebel Nyaude's Stockade-- He burns Tete--Kisaka's Revolt and Ravages--Extensive Field of Sugar-cane--The Commandant's good Reputation among the Natives--Providential Guidance--Seams of Coal--A hot Spring-- Picturesque Country--Water-carriage to the Coal-fields-- Workmen's Wages--Exports--Price of Provisions--Visit Gold- washings--The Process of obtaining the precious Metal--Coal within a Gold-field--Present from Major Sicard--Natives raise Wheat, etc.--Liberality of the Commandant--Geographical Information from Senhor Candido--Earthquakes--Native Ideas of a Supreme Being--Also of the Immortality and Transmigration of Souls--Fondness for Display at Funerals--Trade Restrictions-- Former Jesuit Establishment--State of Religion and Education at Tete--Inundation of the Zambesi--Cotton cultivated--The fibrous Plants Conge and Buaze--Detained by Fever--The Kumbanzo Bark--Native Medicines--Iron, its Quality--Hear of Famine at Kilimane--Death of a Portuguese Lady--The Funeral-- Disinterested Kindness of the Portuguese.