The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

Note 180 — THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH IN ESSEX, SENT BY THE PORTUGALS PRISONER TO ANGOLA, WHO LIVED THERE, AND IN THE ADJOINING REGIONS, NEAR EIGHTEEN YEARS.

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The usual designation for “Dwarf” is mbaka or kimbakabaka (the diminutive of mbaka), but Batumba (with which Battell’s matimba seems to be identical) is likewise applied to a dwarf person or thing (Bentley). In Angola, Matumbu means a far-off, unknown country (Cordeiro da Matta). Compare note, p. 52.

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