Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Great Market-day

           Thesebeadsorpearls,strungintenrowsor"khetes,"goingtwicearoundtheneck,makethe"foundo,"whichisofgreatvalue.Theusualmeasureofthebeadsisthe"frasilah,"whichweighsseventypounds.Livingstone,Cameron,andStanleywerealwayscarefultobeabundantlyprovidedwiththismoney.

           Indefaultofglassbeads,the"pice,"aZanzibarpiece,worthfourcentimes,andthe"vroungouas,"shellspeculiartotheeasterncoasts,arecurrentinthemarketsoftheAfricancontinent.Asforthecannibaltribes,theyattachacertainvaluetotheteethofthehumanjaw,andatthe"lakoni,"thesechapletsweretobeseenonthenecksofnatives,whohadnodoubteatentheirproducers;buttheseteethwereceasingtobeusedasmoney.

           Such,then,wastheappearanceofthegreatmarket.Towardthemiddleofthedaythegaietyreachedaclimax;thenoisebecamedeafening.Thefuryoftheneglectedvenders,andtheangeroftheoverchargedcustomers,werebeyonddescription.Thencefrequentquarrels,and,asweknow,fewguardiansofthepeacetoquellthefrayinthishowlingcrowd.

           Towardthemiddleoftheday,Alvezgaveorderstobringtheslaves,whomhewishedtosell,tothesquare.Thecrowdwasthusincreasedbytwothousandunfortunatebeingsofallages,whomthetraderhadkeptinpensforseveralmonths.This"stock"wasnotinabadcondition.Longrestandsufficientfoodhadimprovedtheseslavessoastolooktoadvantageatthe"lakoni.

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