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In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza

           ButsomuchmiserydidnottouchthosehardenedArabsnorthosePortuguese,who,accordingtoLieutenantCameron,arestillmorecruel.ThisiswhatCameronsays:"Toobtainthesefiftywomen,ofwhomAlvezcalledhimselfproprietor,tenvillageshadbeendestroyed,tenvillageshavingeachfromonehundredtotwohundredsouls:atotaloffifteenhundredinhabitants.Somehadbeenabletoescape,butthegreaterpartalmostallhadperishedintheflames,hadbeenkilledindefendingtheirfamilies,orhaddiedofhungerinthejungle,unlessthebeastsofpreyhadterminatedtheirsufferingsmorepromptly.

           "Thosecrimes,perpetratedinthecenterofAfricabymenwhoboastofthenameofChristians,andconsiderthemselvesPortuguese,wouldseemincredibletotheinhabitantsofcivilizedcountries.ItisimpossiblethatthegovernmentofLisbonknowstheatrocitiescommittedbypeoplewhoboastofbeinghersubjects."TouroftheWorld.

           InPortugaltherehavebeenverywarmprotestationsagainsttheseassertionsofCameron’s.

           Itneednotbesaidthat,duringthemarches,asduringthehalts,theprisonerswereverycarefullyguarded.Thus,DickSandsoonunderstoodthathemustnotevenattempttogetaway.Butthen,howfindMrs.Weldonagain?ThatsheandherchildhadbeencarriedawaybyNegorowasonlytoocertain.ThePortuguesehadseparatedherfromhercompanionsforreasonsunknownasyettotheyoungnovice.ButhecouldnotdoubtNegoro’sintervention,andhisheartwasbreakingatthethoughtofthedangersofallkindswhichthreatenedMrs.

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