[456] This bay is known by many aliases, such as S. Maria, S. Antonio, do Sombreiro, and da Torre.
[457] The anonymous MS. already cited by us is, however, silent on this subject.
[458] Antonio Diniz, who wrote in 1622 (Producções do Congo e de Angola, Lisbon, 1881, p. 14), charges Pereira with having sent, without the King’s knowledge, three shiploads of salt to Luandu, which he exchanged for “Farinha de guerra” (Commissariat flour), with which to feed his men.
[459] That is a district called Kakonda, for the old fort of that name (Caconda velha), sixty miles from the coast, was only built in 1682. Letters from Pereira, dated September 9th, 1620, and January 23rd, 1621, in Egerton MS. 1133 (British Museum), ff. 357-361.
[460] I do not know whether oxen were employed as beasts of burthen (bois cavallos) in these early days.
[461] Reckoning the cruzado at 2s. 8d.
[462] Published by Luciano Cordeiro.
[463] Dapper, p. 592, regrets that these exactions ceased on the occupation of the country by the Dutch (not from love of the native, we may be sure), and that, as a consequence, his countrymen were little respected.
[464] Antonio Diniz, Producçoes, commercio e governo do Congo e de Angola, 1516-19, published by Luciano Cordeiro in 1881.
[465] Luiz de Figuerido Falcão, Livro em que se contem toda a Fazenda, etc. Lisbon, 1855, p. 26. I reckon 400 reis to a cruzado worth 2s. 8d.