Пятнадцатилетний капитан

The Great Market-day

           

           ItwillbeunderstoodthatifNegorohadstoppedthenativeswhowereabouttopunishHarris’smurderer,itwasonlybecausehewishedtoreserveDickSandforoneofthoseterribletormentsofwhichthenativesholdthesecret.Theship’scookheldinhispowerthecaptainoffifteenyears.HeonlywantedHerculestomakehisvengeancecomplete.

           Twodaysafterward,May28th,thesalebegan,thegreat"lakoni,"duringwhichthetradersoftheprincipalfactoriesoftheinteriorwouldmeetthenativesoftheneighboringprovinces.Thismarketwasnotspeciallyforthesaleofslaves,butalltheproductsofthisfertileAfricawouldbegatheredtherewiththeproducers.

           Fromearlymorningallwasintenseanimationonthevast"tchitoka"ofKazounde,anditisdifficulttogiveaproperideaofthescene.Itwasaconcourseoffourorfivethousandpersons,includingAlvez’sslaves,amongwhomwereTomandhiscompanions.Thesefourmen,forthereasonthattheybelongedtoadifferentrace,areallthemorevaluabletothebrokersinhumanflesh.Alvezwasthere,thefirstamongall.AttendedbyCoimbra,heofferedtheslavesinlots.Thesethetradersfromtheinteriorwouldformintocaravans.Amongthesetraderswerecertainhalf-breedsfromOujiji,theprincipalmarketofLakeTanganyika,andsomeArabs,whoarefarsuperiortothehalf-breedsinthiskindoftrade.

           Thenativesflockedthereingreatnumbers.

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