. Missionary travels and researches in South Africa : including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda, on the west coast, thence across the continent, down the river Zambesi, to the eastern ocean. kind of very short-legged fowl among the Boers was obtained,in consequence of observing that such were more easily caughtfor transportation, in then frequent removals in search of similar instance of seeming a variety, occurred with the short-limbed sheep in America. Returning by ascending the Lucalla into Ca
. Missionary travels and researches in South Africa : including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda, on the west coast, thence across the continent, down the river Zambesi, to the eastern ocean. kind of very short-legged fowl among the Boers was obtained,in consequence of observing that such were more easily caughtfor transportation, in then frequent removals in search of similar instance of seeming a variety, occurred with the short-limbed sheep in America. Returning by ascending the Lucalla into Cazengo, we had anopportunity of visiting several flourishing coffee plantations, andobserved that several men, who had begun with no capital buthonest industry, had in the course of a few years acquired a com-fortable subsistence. One of these, Mr. Pinto, generously furnishedme with a good supply of his excellent coffee, and my men with abreed of rabbits to carry to their own country. Their lands,granted by Government, yielded, without much labour, coffeesufficient for all the necessaries of life. The fact of other avenues of wealth opening up so readily, seemslike a providential invitation to forsake the slave-trade and engage 408 INDUSTEIAL EMPLOYMENTS. Chap. Double-handled Angola hoe. in lawful commerce. We saw the female population occupied, asusual, in the spinning of cotton and cultivation of their only instrument for culture is a double-handled hoe, whichis worked with a sort of dragging motion. Many of the menwere employed in weaving. The latter appear to be less indus-trious than the former, for they require a month to finish a singleweb. There is, however, not much inducement to industry, for,notwithstanding the time consumed in its manufacture, each webis sold for only two shillings. On retm-ning to Golungo Alto, I found several of my men laidup with fever. One of the reasons for my leaving them therewas, that they might recover from the fatigue of th
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