In all my previous inquiries respecting the vegetable products of Angola, I was invariably directed to Pungo Andongo.

Do you grow wheat?
"Oh, yes, in Pungo Andongo."-- Grapes, figs, or peaches?
"Oh, yes, in Pungo Andongo."-- Do you make butter, cheese, etc.?
The uniform answer was, "Oh, yes, there is abundance of all these in Pungo Andongo." But when we arrived here, we found that the answers all referred to the activity of one man, Colonel Manuel Antonio Pires.

The presence of the wild grape shows that vineyards might be cultivated with success; the wheat grows well without irrigation; and any one who tasted the butter and cheese at the table of Colonel Pires would prefer them to the stale produce of the Irish dairy, in general use throughout that province.

The cattle in this country are seldom milked, on account of the strong prejudice which the Portuguese entertain against the use of milk.

They believe that it may be used with safety in the morning, but, if taken after midday, that it will cause fever.