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His uncle owns many great vessels that come every year to Swearah, laden with rich cargoes." "What is the name of this uncle?"
After suffering a long lesson teaching the virtue of patience, they learnt from Krooman that one of those who had been conversing with their masters was a grazier, owning large droves of cattle; and that he had lately been to Swearah.
If he had not done so, you, Harry, would have been killed." "Bill!" added the young Scotchman, turning to the sailor, "what are you dreaming about?" "Nothink," answered Bill, "I'm no goin' to drame or think any mair." "We are agwine straight for Swearah," observed the Krooman, as he spoke glancing towards the north-west. "That is true," exclaimed Harry, looking in the same direction.
The day after you left me, I received intelligence from Swearah, which commanded me to go there immediately no business of importance; and thinking that possibly some Christian fool in that place might give something for his infidel countrymen, I took the two dogs along with me. "They promised that, if I would carry them to the English consul, he would pay a large price for their ransom.
"You will not lose the value of them," rejoined the old man, "by taking them to Swearah. They belong to a country the Government of which will not allow its subjects to remain in bondage; and there is not an English merchant in Swearah that would not redeem them. Any one who should refuse to do so would scarce dare return to his own country again.
Bo Muzem, the youngest of the merchants, immediately seconded the pilgrim's proposal, and spoke energetically in its favour. He observed they were but one day's journey from Agadeer, a frontier town of Morocco; and that from there Swearah could be reached in three days.
He could not doubt that the Moor was an intelligent man, who knew what he was about when buying the slaves. The grazier had certainly purchased the two slaves spoken of; had acknowledged having carried them to Swearah, and was now anxious to obtain the other three. All was now clear to Bo Muzem; and for a moment he stood mute and motionless under a sense of shame at his own stupidity.
You will make more by taking them to Swearah than anywhere else." "But they can give themselves up to the governor when they reach Swearah," urged one of the merchants, "and we may be ordered out of the town without receiving a single dollar for them. Such has been done before. The good sheik here knows of an Arab merchant who was treated so.
"My good friend," said Rais Mourad, patronisingly speaking to Bo Muzem, "you have been deceived. Had you taken these Christians to Swearah, as you promised to do, you would have been paid for them all that you could reasonably have asked. I live in Swearah, and was obliged to make a long journey to the south upon urgent business.
If you take your slaves into the city, you will lose them." "I shall not bring them into the empire of Morocco," replied Bo Muzem, "until I have first received the money for them." "You will never get it in Swearah. Their consul will not pay a dollar, but will try to have them liberated without giving you anything."
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