Mouessa Ali; from whence, in three or four days afterwards,
Abdallah and a small party departed, taking him
with them. They travelled five days in a north-west direction
at about sixteen miles a day, and at the end of the
fifth day, reached Wadinoon; having seen no habitations
on their route except a few scattered tents within a day’s
journey of the town. CHAPTER IV.
Description of Wed-Noon—where Adams finds three of the crew of the
“ Charles:’ — He is purchased by Bel-Cossim-Abdallah.—French Renegade.
—Wreck of the Montezuma__Gunpowder Manufacture.—Curious Relation
of a Negro Slave from Kanno.—Severe labours and cruel treatment of the
Christian Slaves at Wed-Noon.—Adams is required to plough on the Sabbath
day; refuses ; is cruelly beaten, and put in irons—his firmness •.—Inhuman
treatment and death of Dolbie.—Williams and Davison, worn out by their
sufferings, renounce their Religion—Adams perseveres.—-Letter from the
British Vice-Consul at Mogadore, addressed to the Christian Slaves.—Ransom
of Adams—Departure from Wed-Noon—Akkadia—Bled Cidi Heshem—
Market of Cidi Hamet a Moussa—Agadeer, or Santa Cruz—Mogadore.—
Adams is sent to the Moorish Emperor.—Fez—Mequinez—Tangier—Cadiz
Gibraltar—London.
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