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The Gagas unsatisfied with Benguele.

everything their booty. We conducted trade for 5 months with these Gagas, where we made great profit: but they were not satisfied with this land of Benguele, although they lacked almost nothing there. They had space here for livestock and pasture, and many other foodstuffs; only wine was lacking, as there are no palm or coconut trees in this region.

Moving to Bambala.

After those 5 months had passed, they moved further on to the province of Bambala, lying 5 days' journey inland, where a great lord, Calicansaniba, lives. In those 5 months we made 3 voyages to St. Paul, but when we returned for the fourth voyage, we did not find the Gagas there anymore; we, not wanting to return without trade, decided to follow them inland and seek them out; with that aim, we brought 50 men
Battel seeks them out with 50 men.

to land and let our ship remain in the bay of Benguele to await our return.

Mofarigosat detains them.

Having marched two days inland, we came to a great lord named Mofarigosat: arriving at the first place in his land, we found it completely burned, as the Gagas, passing through there, had plundered and destroyed it. We sent a Negro to the aforementioned lord, whom we had bought from the Gagas and who was with us, with orders to say that he was one of the Great Gaga's people and had been left behind to bring us to their encampment; this lord now said indeed, out of fear for the Great Gaga, that we were welcome there, but he put us off and delayed our proceeding until the Gagas had completely left his land; as soon as he was sure of this, he began to bicker with us and would not let us leave his land before we had once gone on a military campaign with him, as he thought he would have great power strengthened by us; for

So that they had to undertake a field campaign with him.