[“ Corn. ”]
They have four sorts of corn in Longo. The first is called Masanga,196 and it groweth upon a straw as big as a reed, and hath an ear a foot long, and is like hempseed. The second is called Masembala.197 This is of great increase, for of one kernel there springs four or five canes, which are ten foot high, and they bear half a pint of corn apiece. This grain is as big as tares, and very good. Thirdly, they have another that groweth low like grass, and is very like mustard-seed: and this is the best.198 They have also the great Guinea wheat, which they call Mas-impoto.199 This is the least esteemed.