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Show m " 7 (HIHi SLATES.'; HOWTUEV ARE.BeiUUHT.ANO bOLO IS THE 4IAKKXX AT STjOIDOUL. There are actually attamboul about ninety regular slate, brokers who sell aud buy slaves, or who are the medium of iuyiDgor selling. Hie slaves aru lodged in houses known by the .public, Just as they know the dealers In any sort of merchandise. The principal slave houses are about thirty. The Abf&lulan,8laveaare rare on account of the delicacy of their health. An Abyssinian maiden from fourteen to seventeen Is worth from 00 to 120 liras (a lira Is worth about IB shllllugB), but a handsome one Is sure to bring SOOJIras. White slavta reherkes are -more uUinuaut. Maidens from twelve to fifteen are quoted from W to 300 liras, and those from sixteen to twenty from bO to 1000 liras. The price varies according ac-cording to beauty, size, complexion and accomplishments. Singers and musicians generally brjp? a good price. Many people here buy slaves for Ugalmarrlage8,jireferriug them to rurks. The reason Is thit a slae has no rjlitious (mother In-law especially), and, therefprc, np visitors visit-ors or callers, bbe is obedient and economical, and very affectiobate even, if prettywull Uoatcd. Many slaves w ouLi not leave their masters for the world, but many others oth-ers would be too glad to obtain their liberty. Some arv w ell looked after, well cared for, richly dressed and hare costly Jewels, lliey dine with their lady and nj treated as companions com-panions and as members of the lamlly. Among the possessors of slaves who were the most notes for their kindness and benevolence was the late Princess Zeinoub llsnoum, the daughter pf thd first Viceroy of Egypt, Mehemi Aii. hiring her lifetime she gave extra allowanci, from two to fifty liras to each of her slaves. She had some eighty of them married to respectable gentlemen, and gave tf ch hne a dowry of from 1.000 to J,00tl. Befcro her death three yea ago she mule a will granting freedom to all hr slaves and distributing to them vale, able presents and settlements. mere arohumdnos oi jouug girls who are sold to pe"0"3 who sell them or exchange them for others I of greater beauty. It is revolting to eee to what extent slavery is encouraged encour-aged here, and how piany of thesu poor creaturea would like toil away fruin the brutall! of. their masters, and how many others are exported against their will. Ill general, slav-ery slav-ery hero is the curse of the country. London A'cir. |