Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Great Market-day

           

           Infact,thedemandsofthetradeexactedthattheslavesshouldbesentindifferentdirections,accordingtotheirsex.Thetraderswhobuythemendonotbuywomen.Thelatter,invirtueofpolygamy,whichislegalamongtheMussulmans,aresenttotheArabiccountries,wheretheyareexchangedforivory.Themen,beingdestinedtothehardestlabor,gotothefactoriesofthetwocoasts,andareexportedeithertotheSpanishcoloniesortothemarketsofMuscatandMadagascar.Thissortingleadstoheart-breakingscenesbetweenthosewhomtheagentsseparate,andwhowilldiewithouteverseeingeachotheragain.

           Thefourcompanionsinturnsubmittedtothecommonfate.But,totellthetruth,theydidnotfearthisevent.Itwasbetterforthemtobeexportedintoaslavecolony.There,atleast,theymighthaveachancetoprotest.Onthecontrary,ifsenttotheinterior,theymightrenounceallhopeofeverregainingtheirliberty.

           Ithappenedastheywished.Theyevenhadthealmostunhopedforconsolationofnotbeingseparated.Theywereinbriskdemand,beingwantedbyseveraltraders.Alvezclappedhishands.Thepricesrose.ItwasstrangetoseetheseslavesofunknownvalueintheKazoundemarket,andAlvezhadtakengoodcaretoconcealwheretheycamefrom.Tomandhisfriends,notspeakingthelanguageofthecountry,couldnotprotest.

           TheirmasterwasarichArabtrader,whoinafewdayswouldsendthemtoLakeTanganyika,thegreatthoroughfareforslaves;then,fromthatpoint,towardthefactoriesofZanzibar

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