Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 67
the day on whichhe parted with the innocent Negroes a disaster overtookhim which reduced his fortunes to the very lowest ebb.He had left the Niger at Bammaku, where the rivertakes a more southerly trend, and was pushing east-ward towards Sibidulu, over a wild and rocky tract,when he fell in with a… … not ridden morethan a quarterof a mile, when,passing through adark place in the wood, the fellows suddenly attackedhim. One snatched off his hat, another with a knifecut off the only button that remained on his waist-coat ; then falling upon him in a body, they strippedhim stark naked and examined…
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