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be manifested for the real criminal, and all tongues 
would justify the bloody deed. 
Then the social and judicial tyranny and cruelty to 
which slavery gives rise is fearful. The instruments 
by which household discipline is maintained, are the 
stick, fetters, manacles, chains, the kongo (an iron 
collar with a long beam attached, which the slave has 
to trail after him wherever he may go), and the stocks ; 
and they are not unfrequently used. As an illustra- 
tion of judicial cruelty, we give the following fact. 
One morning a Msania came to our tent in a very 
excited state, exclaiming, Oh, white man ! white 
man ! do go to the market-place, they will kill the 
man ! they will kill the man ! Do go and help him 
if you can !" As the Msania was not likely to have 
been so affected about a little matter, we thought 
there must be something very bad going on, and we 
went to the market-place. Arrived there, this is what 
we saw. A man almost nude was slung up by his 
hands to the flagstaff several feet above the ground, 
with nothing else to support him and to keep him 
from swinging about but a piece of coir-rope around 
his waist. His back was severely bruised, was 
bleeding fast, and he was gasping for breath. Seeing 
us, he groaned out, **0h, Waunguana ! Waunguana 
(Oh, gentlemen! gentlemen !) in piteous appeal to us. 
I shall never forget it. A noisy crowd was standing 
around, among which were a large number of Belooch 
soldiers. These men were in their glory, and were 
gloating over their victim. It was their especial pri- 
vilege to lay on the stick ; and they had already been 
practising their brutalities, though the beating was 
suspended upon our appearance. Armed with heavy 
