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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           Itconsistsintwentyyardsofcottoncloth,orofthatstuffwhichbearsthenameof"Merikani,"alittlepowder,ahandfulofcowry(shellsverycommoninthatcountry,whichserveasmoney),afewpearls,oreventhoseoftheslaveswhowouldbedifficulttosell.Theslavesarepaid,whenthetraderhasnoothermoney.

           Amongthefivehundredslavesthatthecaravancounted,therewerefewgrownmen.Thatisbecause,the"Razzia"beingfinishedandthevillagesetonfire,everynativeabovefortyisunmercifullymassacredandhungtoaneighboringtree.Onlytheyoungadultsofbothsexesandthechildrenareintendedtofurnishthemarkets.Afterthesemen-hunts,hardlyatenthofthevanquishedsurvive.ThisexplainsthefrightfuldepopulationwhichchangesvastterritoriesofequatorialAfricaintodeserts.

           Here,thechildrenandtheadultswerehardlyclothedwitharagofthatbarkstuff,producedbycertaintrees,andcalled"mbouzon"inthecountry.Thusthestateofthistroopofhumanbeings,womencoveredwithwoundsfromthe"havildars’"whips,childrenghastlyandmeager,withbleedingfeet,whomtheirmotherstriedtocarryinadditiontotheirburdens,youngmencloselyrivetedtothefork,moretorturingthantheconvict’schain,isthemostlamentablethatcanbeimagined.

           Yes,thesightofthemiserablepeople,hardlyliving,whosevoiceshavenosound,ebonyskeletonsaccordingtoLivingstone’sexpression,wouldtouchtheheartsofwildbeasts.

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