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Chapter Fifteen.
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Shows Some of the Effects of the Slave-Trade at the Fountain-Head.
Down in a gorge1, just below the spot where Harold Seadrift and his men lay concealed2, a strange sight met the eyes of the two Englishmen, in regard to which, despite all that they had heard and seen, and were prepared to see, they were as much shocked as if it had never been presented even to their imaginations up to that moment.
It was a gang of slaves winding3 its way slowly but steadily4 through the gorge.
The head of the dusky procession was just emerging on the open ground beyond the gorge when the travellers first came upon it. The slaves advanced towards the spot where they lay, passing under it so closely that they could see the very expressions on the faces of the men, women, and children who composed the gang. These expressions were varied5 and very terrible. Our travellers had now reached the fountain-head whence the perennial6 stream of “Black Ivory” flows out of Africa. The process of manufacture, although considerably7 advanced, had not yet reached that perfection of callous8 subjection and settled despair which had struck our Englishmen so forcibly in the slave-market of Zanzibar. There was anxiety not unmingled with faint hope in the faces of some of the women; and a few of the more stalwart and courageous9 among the men wore a fierce, determined10 aspect which told of manhood not yet absolutely prostrated
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prostrated
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peculiar
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chronic
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implements
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obedience
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lash
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sufficiently
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sustenance
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n.食物,粮食;生活资料;生计 | |
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n.滑膛枪 | |
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muskets
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intervals
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comely
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wail
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vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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Portuguese
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supple
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muzzle
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defiance
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destitute
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apparition
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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irresistible
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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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agitation
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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n.短柄小斧( hatchet的名词复数 );恶毒攻击;诽谤;休战 | |
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accomplished
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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kindled
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(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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alacrity
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n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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briefly
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palaver
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adj.壮丽堂皇的;n.废话,空话 | |
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expressive
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gratitude
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devoured
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吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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eloquently
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ridge
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ravening
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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perplexed
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retired
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vigour
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kidnappers
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killing
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untie
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fatigue
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followers
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devastation
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