[502] From a letter published by Paiva Manso (p. 316), we learn that Mbuilu had begged the King of Kongo to receive him as a vassal. [503] For King Pedro’s letter of thanks for this victory, see _Catalogo_, p. 401. In 1693, massacres of prisoners were strictly prohibited. [504] He died in prison at Luandu. [505] The author of a Report referred to below admits that they had many detractors who were envious of their success. [506] Seventeen Capuchins, eight Jesuits, seven Franciscans, and four Carmelites. [507] In 1709 there were seven million reis in its treasury. [508] _Ensaio_, iii, p. 149. [509] The testoon was a coin of 100 reis, worth about 8_d._ [510] The assumed value of the _makuta_ was 50 reis; its actual value, in silver, only 30 reis. There were pieces of half _makutas_ and of quarter _makutas_, popularly called _paka_. [511] Zucchelli (p. xvii, § 11), tells us that when Luiz Cerar de Menezes returned to Rio, in 1701, he carried away with him 1,500,000 crusados (£200,000), realised in the slave trade. [512] _Ensaio_, iii, p. xxxiv. [513] Provincial Governors not appointed by the King, but elected by the local authorities or the troops. INDEX AND GLOSSARY. For information additional to that given in the body of this volume, consult Bramas, Margarita, Ostrich Eggs. Included in this Index are all the geographical names mentioned by Duarte Lopes (Pigafetta’s _Report of the Kingdom of Congo_), as also many names referred to by Cavazzi, Paiva Manso, and others. The approximate geographical position is given in degrees and tenths of degrees. For names beginning with _C_, _Ch_, or _Qu_, see also _K_. +Abundu+, pl. of _mbundu_, a slave. In Angola the natives generally are called _Ambundu_. +Aca mochana.+ _See_ Aki musanu. +Acca+, a corruption of _Aki_, followers. +Achelunda.+ _See_ Aquilunda. +Adenda.+ _See_ Ndemba. +Administration+ of natives, 161 +Affonso VI+, King of Portugal, 183 +Affonso I+, King of Kongo, 110, 136 +Affonso II+, King of Kongo, 119, 136 +Affonso III+, King of Kongo, 131, 137 +Agag+, are not Jaga, 150 +Aghirimba,+ according to D. Lopez, the ancient name for _Mbata_, but called _Agisymba_ on his map, and evidently Ptolemy’s region of that name, 112 +Agoa Kaiongo+ (Augoy cayango), 9.8 S., 14.2 E., 37; battle of 1603, 156 +Agoa rozada+, King of Kongo (Pedro IV), 133, 137 +Aguiar+, Alvaro, 175 +Aguiar+, Francisco de, 175 +Aguiar+, Ruy d’, 113 +Aiacca+, _See_ Ayaka. +Aki+, followers. +Akimbolo+ (Aquibolo), about 9.3 S., 14.9 E., 149 +Aki musanu+ (Acamochana), a soba, 8.9 S., 13.8 E., 172 +Albinos+, 48, 81 +Alemquer+, Pero d’, pilot, 108 +Alguns documentos+, quoted, 112, 139, 140 +Almadias+, Golfo das, undoubtedly Kabinda Bay (5.5 S.), but Battel’s _B. da Almadias_, 43, is identical with Black Point Bay, 4.8 S., 43 +Almeida+, D. Francisco, 153, 188