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in plain English, a slaver, which rode three miles 

 out, and which was taking in ' casimir noir ' for 

 Bourbon. Many of the crew braved the danger 

 of cholera, and came on shore. I saw the captain, 

 and was not a little surprised when recognizing 

 him some years afterwards on his own quarter- 

 deck durinor a vovasre to . He hinted 



that the spec, had been of the best that he had 

 ever made, and no wonder. During the death- 

 in-life above described Banyans and Baloch, 

 Arabs and Africans, all began to sell their sur- 

 viving slaves, and an A. B. adult could be bought 

 for a maximum of $6 — 'what a price for the 

 noblest work of God ! ' Kidnapping was also 

 common, — three men were shown to me who had 

 lately escaped from Angazijeh or Great Comoro. 



A few words upon 'free labour,' the latest 

 and most civilized form of slavery in East and 

 West Africa. The Imperial Government, doubt- 

 ing nothing, authorized their colonies of Bour- 

 bon, Mayotte, and Nosi-be to import from East 

 Africa the Coolies, whom we export from West- 

 ern India to the Mauritius. The plan was weak : 

 constrained free labour is a contradiction, and 

 the system was foully perverted by the people of 

 Bourbon, at that time the least worthy, perhaps, 

 of the colonies of Prance. They required a total 



