The Portuguese authorities on one side, and the English cruisers on the other, limit exportations.

There are few places, except in the environs of Mossamedes, to the south of Angola, that the shipping of blacks can now be made with any chance of success.

So, at this time, the pens are filled with slaves, waiting for the ships which ought to carry them to Spanish colonies.

As to passing them by Benguela, or St.Paul de Loanda, that is not possible.

The governors no longer understand reason, no more do the chiefs (title given to the Portuguese governors of secondary establishments).