a kingdom of Africa, extending itself about 180 geographical miles in length from south to north; that is, from cape St Catharine under the second degree of south latitude, to a small river called Louanda Louifa, on the fifth degree of the same. From west to east it extends from Cape Negro on the coast of Ethiopia towards the Bukumalean 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 Loangoir, 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 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 atop of it; and on their shoulder, or in their hand, they carry a buffalo's tail, to drive away the musketos. 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 South Lat. 4° degrees, a league and a half from the seacoast. 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 surprised 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 he pleases, who are obliged to get their husbands a livelihood, as is the practice all along the African coast inhabited by blacks. The women, therefore, cultivate the land, sow and reap, while the lazy husbands loiter away their time in idleness.

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.