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has them, he complies immediately. Presently 

 another Felatah addresses him in the same man- 

 ner ; and to prevent being carried away as a slave, 

 he pays down his last cowrie, and then considers 

 himself fortunate if he remains secure from fur- 

 ther rapacity. But his expectations are vain, 

 and his security only temporary. In a few days 

 or a week more, a demand is again made upon 

 him ; and when he expresses his utter inability to 

 produce a single cowrie, his condescending plun- 

 derer will say, " Oh, a cloth or tobe (rega) will 

 do as well, or anything else you may possess." 

 If the unfortunate native cannot produce either 

 of them, the chances are, that he will be secured, 

 and sent on board a Zagoshie canoe, by which he 

 is transported to Rabbah, where with hundreds of 

 poor creatures equally unfortunate, he is exposed 

 for sale. 



In coming suddenly upon a town, the Felatahs 

 inflict the most cruel tortures upon the more 

 wealthy inhabitants to compel them to discover 

 their property. This horde of barbarians set 

 fire to almost every city, town, or village which 

 they visit in their predatory excursions. 



The only little bustle that broke the monoto- 

 nous sameness of the scene at our anchorage was 



