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journey, so I will not attempt to dwell upon the matter 
here. 
The women usually are chained by the necks or wrists, 
or attached to each other by bark ropes from neck to 
neck. Some of the women carry their infants on their 
backs, held by a piece of cloth. 
The slave-trade existing; among: the natives themselves 
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BABOON-HUNT. 
—the home supply, so to speak—which may be found 
in almost every tribe on the African continent, cannot be 
looked upon from the same rigorous standpoint that we 
occupy in considering the export trade, which has not a 
single redeeming feature. The home traffic is different. 
Slaves born in the country have wives, and in time may 
themselves become the owners of slaves, and be equal 
with the free men of the country. To me they seemed 
to be well-disciplined servants. 
Special acts of cruelty by ordinary masters I never 
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