CHAPTER HI.
T HE ten Moors who had arrived with the five camels laden
with tobacco, had been three weeks at Tombuctoo before
Adams learnt that the ransom of himself, the boy, and the
Moors his former companions, had been agreed upon. At
the end of the first week he was given to understand, that
himself and the boy would be released, but that the Moors
would be condemned to die; it appeared, however, afterwards,
that in consideration of all the tobacco being given
for the Moors, except about fifty pounds weight, which was
expended for a man slave, the King had agreed to release
all the prisoners.
Two days after their release, the whole party, consisting
of the
10 Moorish traders
14 Moorish prisoners
2 white men, and
1 slave
quitted Tombuctoo, having only the five camels which
