 I ordered a general inspection of the slaves, yet when a favorable report was made, I did not rest content, and descended to examine each one personally. It was true ; the child was alone infected ! For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly,...  The African Repository - Page 3411854Full view - About this book
 | Brantz Mayer - Slave trade - 1854 - 502 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true ; the child was alone infected ! For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...stillness of night, a trembling hand stole forward to the afflicted boy with a potion that knows no waking. In a few hours, all was over. Life and the pestilence... | |
 | Theophilus Conneau - 1854 - 380 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true ; the child was alone infected ! For half an hour I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...stillness of night, a trembling hand stole forward to the afflicted boy with a potion that knows no waking. In a few hours, all was over. Life and the pestilence... | |
 | Theodore Canot - Africa - 1854 - 510 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true; the child was alone infected! For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...approaching danger. I was disappointed again. A single case—a single sign of peril in any quarter, wonld have spared the poison! That evening, in the stillness... | |
 | Theodore Canot - Africa - 1854 - 498 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true; the child was alone infected! For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...approaching danger. I was disappointed again. A single case—a single sign of peril in any quarter', would have spared the poison! That evening, in the stillness... | |
 | Theophilus Conneau - Slave trade - 1855 - 330 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true ; the child was alone infected ! For half an hour I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...sign of peril in any quarter, would have spared the noison ! That evening, in the stillness of night, a trembling hand stole forward to the afflicted boy... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Slave trade - 1857 - 934 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was trne ; the child alone was infected 1 For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...peril in any quarter, would have spared the poison I " That evening, in the stillness of night, a trembling hand stole forward to the afflicted boy with... | |
 | Theodore Canot, Brantz Mayer - Slave trade - 1928 - 426 pages
...descended to examine each one personally. It was true ; the child was alone infected. For half an hour, I trod the deck to and fro restlessly, and caused the...stillness of night, a trembling hand stole forward to the afflicted boy with a potion that knows no waking. In a few hours, all was over; life and the pestilence... | |
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