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Kazounde

           Hewasarealnegro,wellknownamongtraders,andcalledKenndele.Hewasborn,infact,atDonndo,orthebordersoftheCoanza.Hehadcommencedbybeingsimplytheagentoftheslave-brokers,andwouldhavefinishedasafamoustrader,thatistosay,intheskinofanoldknave,whocalledhimselfthemosthonestmanintheworld.

           CameronmetthisAlvezinthelatterpartof1874,atKilemmba,thecapitalofKassonngo,chiefofOuroua.HeguidedCameronwithhiscaravantohisownestablishmentatBihe,overarouteofsevenhundredmiles.Theconvoyofslaves,onarrivingatKazounde,hadbeenconductedtothelargesquare.

           Itwasthe26thofMay.DickSand’scalculationswerethenverified.Thejourneyhadlastedthirty-eightdaysfromthedepartureofthearmyencampedonthebanksoftheCoanza.Fiveweeksofthemostfearfulmiseriesthathumanbeingscouldsupport.

           ItwasnoonwhenthetrainenteredKazounde.Thedrumswerebeaten,hornswereblowninthemidstofthedetonationsoffire-arms.Thesoldiersguardingthecaravandischargedtheirgunsintheair,andthemenemployedbyJose-AntonioAlvezrepliedwithinterest.Allthesebanditswerehappyatmeetingagain,afteranabsencewhichhadlastedforfourmonths.Theywerenowgoingtorestandmakeupforlosttimeinexcessesandidleness.

           Theprisonersthenformedatotaloftwohundredandfifty,themajoritybeingcompletelyexhausted.Afterhavingbeendrivenlikecattle,theyweretobeshutupinpens,whichAmericanfarmerswouldnothaveusedforpigs.

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