a kingdom of Africa, extending itself about 180 geographical miles in length from south to north; that is, from cape St Catherine under the second degree of south latitude, to a small river called Louanda Louaria, on the 5th degree of the same. From well to call it extends from Cape Negro on the coast of Ethiopia towards the Buchumalean mountains, so called on account of their vast quantity of ivory and great droves of elephants, about 300 miles. It is divided into four principal provinces, viz. those of Loangiri, Loango-mongo, Chilongo, and Piri.

The inhabitants are very black, well-shaped, and of a mild temper. The men wear long petticoats, from the waist downwards; and have round their waist a piece of cloth, half an ell or a quarter broad, over which they wear the skin of a leopard, or some other wild beast, hanging before them like an apron. On their head they wear a cap made of grass, and quilted, with a feather a-top of it; and on their shoulder, or in their hand, they carry a buffalo's tail, or drive away the muskettos. The women's petticoats are made only of straw, about an ell square, with which they cover their privities, but leave the greatest part of their thighs and buttocks bare: the rest of their body is quite bare, except that on their legs they wear little strings of beads made of shells, and small bracelets of ivory on their arms. They anoint themselves with palm-oil, mixed with a kind of red wood reduced to powder.

This country abounds with poultry, oxen, cows, sheep, goats, elephants, tigers, leopards, civet-cats, and other animals; so that here are great quantities of elephants' teeth, and fine furs, to be traded for.

The capital city, where the king resides, is called Loango, or Banza-Loangeri, and, in the language of the negroes, Boaric. This city is situated in 4° S. Lat. and a half, a league and a half from the sea-coast. It is a pretty large city, shaded and adorned with bananas, palm, and other trees. The king, who resides in a large palace in the middle of it, has about 1500 concubines. If any of them is surprized in adultery, she and her paramour are instantly conveyed to the top of a very high hill, whence they are hurled down headlong from the steep place.

Every man marries as many wives here as pleases, who are obliged to get their husbands livelihood, as is the practice all along the African coast inhabited by blacks. The women therefore cultivate the land, sow The king's revenue consists in elephants' teeth, copper, and a kind of petticoats made of palm-tree leaves, and called lavogus; he has whole storehouses full of these lavogus; but his greatest riches consist in slaves of both sexes.