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Kazounde

           Thiscontractor’sprincipalestablishmentwasthere,hehadasecondatBihe,andathirdatCassange,inBenguela,whichLieutenantCameronvisitedsomeyearslater.

           Imaginealargecentralstreet,oneachsidegroupsofhouses,"tembes,"withflatroofs,wallsofbakedearth,andasquarecourtwhichservedasanenclosureforcattle.Attheendofthestreetwasthevast"tchitoka"surroundedbyslave-pens.Abovethiscollectionofbuildingsrosesomeenormousbanyans,whosebranchesswayedwithgracefulmovements.Hereandtheregreatpalms,withtheirheadsintheair,drovethedustonthestreetslikebrooms.Twentybirdsofpreywatchedoverthepublichealth.SuchisthebusinessquarterofKazounde.

           NearbyrantheLouhi,ariverwhosecourse,stillundetermined,isanaffluent,oratleastasub-affluent,oftheCoango,atributaryoftheZoire.

           TheresidenceoftheKingofKazounde,whichbordersonthebusinessquarter,isaconfusedcollectionofill-builthovels,whichspreadoverthespaceofamilesquare.Ofthesehovels,someareopen,othersareinclosedbyapalisadeofreeds,orborderedwithahedgeoffig-trees.Inoneparticularenclosure,surroundedbyafenceofpapyrus,thirtyofthesehutsservedusdwellingsforthechief’sslaves,inanothergrouplivedhiswives,anda"tembe,"stilllargerandhigher,washalfhiddeninaplantationofcassada.SuchwastheresidenceoftheKingofKazounde,amanoffiftynamedMoiniLoungga;andalreadyalmostdeprivedofthepowerofhispredecessors.

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