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Continued our course until sunset, a long day, and encamped at the base of a small mountain, called Babān, or "Two Doors," and by others, El-Bab, or "The Door." The Door and the Gate, like the famous "Iron Gate" in Algeria, are frequent names of rocky hills and mountains in this part of Africa. Ghaljeewan, a mountainous district of the south-eastern part of Aheer, is called "the door of Aheer."
Reflections on the Slave Trade; Christian Republicans, and the Scottish Free Kirk. Well of Mukni. El-Bab. She-Camels with Foals. How American Consuls justify Slavery. Arrival at Sebhah, and description of the People. Cruelty of a Moorish Boy to the young Female Slaves. Prohibited Food in matters of Religion. The Taste of a Locust. Anecdotes related by the Bashaw of Mourzuk and Mr. Gagliuffi.
Just at the entrance to the corridor he stood, frozen with horror at those cries. "Ikfil el-bab!" came now, in the voice of Ho-Pin, and nearer. "Let me go!... only let me go, and I will never breathe a word. ... Ah! Ah! Oh! God of mercy! not the needle again! You are killing me!... not the needle!"...
In the other case, the taking care of a slave, as every humane man must take care of his horse, and give him good beans, hay, and a warm stable, is made the corner stone of "the living lie" of liberty on the southern transatlantic plains. 9th. Rose with the sun, throwing his orient beams of gold athwart all the plain, and purpling the rocky block of El-Bab.
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