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ARABS' CAMP. 
February 20th. — Paid a visit to a camp of Arab traders, and 
was quite astonished at the number of slaves they have already 
bought, chiefly full-grown men and women, all secured by their 
necks with heavy forked sticks. While there I saw the Arabs 
buy a man for ten yards of calico. They give, they told me, 
twelve to sixteen yards for women and young lads. Full-grown 
men were not so valuable, as they are untameable, and liable 
to make their escape. After the bargain had been completed 
three stout Zanzibaris came forward, seized the man they had 
bought, threw him on his face on the ground, drew his hands 
behind his back in the most cruel way, and bound them tightly ; 
then, with a blow on the side of the head, they ordered the poor 
fellow, who never uttered a word all this time, to get up and 
go before them. He would have to lie bound with this cord 
until a taming-stick was manufactured to place on his neck. 
The weight of these sticks is very great, but to my mind the 
discomfort of their position during the day, when they are allowed 
to sit up with the end of the stick resting on the ground in front 
of them, is nothing compared to what they must suffer at night. 
Then they are made to lie down, the stick being kept fixed, and 
pinning their neck between its fork to the ground, its upper end 
fastened to the roof of a hut, shed, or branch of a tree. 
The Taming Stick. 
