Their only instrument for culture is a double-handled hoe, which is worked with a sort of dragging motion.

Many of the men were employed in weaving.

The latter appear to be less industrious than the former, for they require a month to finish a single web.

There is, however, not much inducement to industry, for, notwithstanding the time consumed in its manufacture, each web is sold for only two shillings.
On returning to Golungo Alto I found several of my men laid up with fever.

One of the reasons for my leaving them there was that they might recover from the fatigue of the journey from Loanda, which had much more effect upon their feet than hundreds of miles had on our way westward.
They had always been accustomed to moisture in their own well-watered land, and we certainly had a superabundance of that in Loanda.