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A slavethese days, but at the ti enacted there existed lobe Men buy and sell htened, so they say--but they do it by legal contract or

fro places

Allaha had been a faents of

princes frohanistan, and

even southern Russia had been rifled of their beauties to adorn the

zenanas of the slothful Hindu princes

The slave mart in the capital town of Allaha stood in the center of the

bazaars, a great square platform with a roof, but open on all four

sides Here the slaves were exhibited, the poor things intended for

dalliance and those ere to struggle and sweat and die under the

overseer's lash

Every fortnight a day was set aside for the business of the mart

Owners and prospective buyers met, chewed betel-nut, sed the tattle of the hour

It was as much an amusement as a business; indeed, it was the oriental

idea of a club, and ht a beautiful girl at the last barter and Roya found a ht before last they had traded The

bazaars were not what they used to be Dewan Ali had sold his wife to

a Punjab opiuhter had run aith the

son of a bheestee All white people ate pig And no one read the