feet of any person ; that in his own country he had never
been required to do i t ; and that whatever might be the
consequence, he would not do it. Finding he would not
submit, the old man ordered that he should be put in irons,
and accordingly they fastened his feet together with iron
chains, and did the same by his hands. After he had
remained in this. state about ten days, Moghtari came to
him again, urging him to do as required, and declaring
that if he did not, he should never see the Christian country
again: Adams, however, persevered in turning a deaf ear
to her entreaties and threats. Some time afterwards, finding
that close confinement was destructive of his health,
Hameda came to him, and took the irons from his hands.
The following three weeks he remained with the ifons on
his legs, during which lime, repeated and pressing entreaties,
and the most dreadful threats, were used to induce
him to submit; but all to no purpose. He was also frequently
advised by the mate and the other Christians (who
used to be sent to him for the purpose of persuading him),
to submit, as he must otherwise inevitably lose his life. At
length, finding that neither threats nor entreaties would
avail, and Adams having remained in irons' from June till
the beginning of August, and his sufferings having reduced
.him almost to a skeleton, his master was advised to sell
him, as if longer confined, he would certainly die, and thus
prove a total loss. Influenced by this consideration, his-
master at last determined to release him from his confinement
; but though very Weak, the moment he was liberated
he was set to gathering in the corn. (52)
About a week afterwards, Dolbie, the mate, fell sick.
Adams had called to see him, when Dolbie’s master (named
Brahim, a son of the Shieck) ordered him tp get up and go
to work; and upon Dolbie declaring that he was unable,
Brahim beat him with a stick to compel him to go; but as
he still did not obey, Brahim threatened that he would kill
him; and upon Dolbie’s replying that he had better do so
at once than kill him by inches, Brahim stabbed him in
the side with a dagger, and he died in a few minutes. As
soon he was dead, he was taken by some slaves a short
distance from the town, where a hole was dug, into which
he was thrown without ceremony. As the grave was not
deep, and as it frequently happened that corpses after
burial were dug out of the ground by the foxes, Adams
and his two surviving companions went the next day and
covered the grave with stones, (bs)
As the Moors were constantly urging them to become
Mohammedans, and they were unceasingly treated with
the greatest brutality, the fortitude of Williams and Davison
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