Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; (1909) (14760704341)

Identifier: explorationsadve00wils (find matches)
Title: Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Wilson, James Russell
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Publisher: (Philadelphia?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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who had cut off several of his toes.This man never deserted them during the journey, accompanying themto Cairo, having gained the character of a faithful servant. The Arab in Africa takes presents for everything he does, and it wasbelieved that the white men would do the same. If a bullet was extracted,a gun repaired, an old sultan physicked, or the split lobe of an earmended, a cow or cows were at hand to be paid when the task wasfinished. When slaves were brought for sale and declined by the Englishmenthe natives could not understand their indifference to such traffic, butwould turn from them with a significant shrug, as much as to say: Whvare you here then ? The most horrible punishments are inflicted on those who offendagainst the laws of the country. A woman and lad, who had beenaccused of bewitching the sultans brother, were found with their armstied behind them, writhing in torture on their faces. No sympathy wasshown them from the jeerinc croiy4 The lad at last cried out: Take
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153 154 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS, me to the forest, I know an hero remedy. He was allowed to go, whilethe woman was kept in the stocks near the sick patient. The lad was putto death, and Captain Grant suspected, tortured before a fire. Anotherman, for a crime in the sultans harem, was stripped, tied to railings, andhis person smeared with grease and covered with greased rags, whichwere then set fire to, when he was dragged forth to a huge fire outsidethe village. On his way, spears were darted at him by the son anddaughter-in-law of the sultan, and when he fell he was dragged out byone leg. Attacked by Black Robbers. Grant had the same difficulties in moving that Speke had experienced,,At length he got away, but as he was passing through the territory ofSultan Myonga, his men moving in Indian file, a band of two hundrednatives, armed with spears and bows and arrows, burst upon him, spring-ing over the ground like cats. The uplifted spears and the shouts of therobbers frightened the port