The Arab and the African; . % V ^ 4. The Cruel Master 221 master had left her on the road, but had cut herthroat first as a warning to the others. On another occasion a Swahih trader comingdown country, after having severely beaten an oldwoman, who was lagging behind on the march,Hung her down and broke her wrist, leaving her todie on the road, but she managed to crawl up tothe mission-house. However, no one could speakher language (she was an Mmangati), and though itwas easy to heal her sores and feed her up, shecould not be persuaded to keep a splint on her arm,so that she soon turned a simp
The Arab and the African; . % V ^ 4. The Cruel Master 221 master had left her on the road, but had cut herthroat first as a warning to the others. On another occasion a Swahih trader comingdown country, after having severely beaten an oldwoman, who was lagging behind on the march,Hung her down and broke her wrist, leaving her todie on the road, but she managed to crawl up tothe mission-house. However, no one could speakher language (she was an Mmangati), and though itwas easy to heal her sores and feed her up, shecould not be persuaded to keep a splint on her arm,so that she soon turned a simple into a compoundfracture, and died a day after amputation had beentried, as a last resource. After slaves have arrived at their destination, orwhen they are left sick at a mission station, onewould expect many of them to try to regain theirfreedom. But this is only occasionally the case, forthey say truly that they have nowhere to run to,and that if they are not the slaves of their presentowners, they must be of someone else. The
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