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Some of Dick Sand’s Notes

           Itwouldhavebeenamercytoseemyselftiedtoher,andtocarrymypartofthatchain,whosewholeweightsheboresincehercompanion’sdeath.

           Astrongarmpushesmeback,andtheunhappyNanisthrownbackintothecrowdofslaves,lashedbythewhips.IwishedtothrowmyselfonthatbrutalTheArabchiefappears,seizesmyarm,andholdsmetillIfindmyselfagaininthecaravan’slastrank.

           Then,inhisturn,hepronouncesthename,"Negoro!"

           Negoro!ItisthenbythePortuguese’sordersthatheactsandtreatsmedifferentlyfrommycompanionsinmisfortune?

           ForwhatfateamIreserved?

           May10th.To-daypassedneartwovillagesinflames.Thestubbleburnsonallsides.Deadbodiesarehungfromthetreesthefirehasspared.Populationfled.

           Fieldsdevastated.Therazzieisexercisedthere.Twohundredmurders,perhaps,toobtainadozenslaves.

           Eveninghasarrived.Haltforthenight.Campmadeundergreattrees.

           Highshrubsformingathicketontheborderoftheforest.

           Someprisonersfledthenightbefore,afterbreakingtheirforks.Theyhavebeenretaken,andtreatedwithunprecedentedcruelty.Thesoldiers’andoverseers’watchfulnessisredoubled.

           Nighthascome.Roaringoflionsandhyenas,distantsnortingofhippopotami.Doubtlesssomelakeorwatercoursenear.

           Inspiteofmyfatigue,Icannotsleep.Ithinkofsomanythings.

           Then,itseemstomethatIhearprowlinginthehighgrass.Someanimal,perhaps.Woulditdareforceanentranceintothecamp?

           Ilisten.Nothing!Yes!Ananimalispassingthroughthereeds.

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