Every thing was neat and clean, while generally, where slaves are the only domestics, there is an aspect of slovenliness, as if they went on the principle of always doing as little for their masters as possible.
In the country near to this station were a large number of the ancient burial-places of the Jinga.

These are simply large mounds of stones, with drinking and cooking vessels of rude pottery on them.

Some are arranged in a circular form, two or three yards in diameter, and shaped like a haycock.

There is not a single vestige of any inscription.

The natives of Angola generally have a strange predilection for bringing their dead to the sides of the most frequented paths.