I knew him at once, for often I have heard of him before, who has been the terror of this country for many years.

He is named the Yellow Devil by the black people, but his Portuguese name is Pereira, and he has his place in a secret spot down by one of the mouths of the Zambesi.

Here he collects the slaves, and here the traders come twice a year with their dhows to carry them to market.
"Now this man looked at my mistress as she stood terrified with her back against the wall; then he laughed and cried aloud in Portuguese, 'Here we have a pretty prize.

This must be that Juanna of whose beauty I have heard.

Where is your father, my dove?
Gone trading up the river, has he not?
Ah! I knew it, or perhaps I should not have ventured here.