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CHAPTER IX. KAZONNDÃ.
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By the 26th of May, when the caravan1 reached Kazonndé the number of the slaves had diminished by more than half, so numerous had been the casualties along the road. But the dealers2 were quite prepared to make a market of their loss; the demand for slaves was very great, and the price must be raised accordingly.
Angola at that time was the scene of a large negro-traffic, and as the caravans3 principally wended their way towards the interior, the Portuguese4 authorities at Loanda and Benguela had practically no power to prevent it. The barracks on the shore were crowded to overflowing5 with prisoners, the few slave-ships that managed to elude7 the cruisers being quite inadequate8 to embark9 the whole number for the Spanish colonies to America.
Kazonndé, the point whence the caravans diverge10 to the various parts of the lake district, is situated11 three miles from the mouth of the Coanza, and is one of the most important lakonis, or markets of the province. The open marketplace where the slaves are exposed for sale is called the chitoka.
All the larger towns of Central Africa are divided into two distinct parts; one occupied by the Arab, Portuguese, or native merchants, and containing their slave-barracks; the other being the residence of the negro king, often a fierce drunken potentate12, whose rule is a
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caravan
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(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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potentate
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figures 数字,图形,外形 | |
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abode
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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mutual
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vigour
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fatigue
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exhausted
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perplexed
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humiliation
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indignity
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jack
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imploring
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恳求的,哀求的 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 ); 小号; 喇叭形物; (尤指)绽开的水仙花 | |
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resolute
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ragged
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horde
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utterly
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loathsome
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filthily
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adv.污秽地,丑恶地,不洁地 | |
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attire
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tattered
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battered
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countenance
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carnival
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grimace
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bartering
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copper
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strapping
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diabolical
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temerity
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conceal
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discomfiture
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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vengeance
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commiseration
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succumbed
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darting
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