"Ah! that is not considerate, comrade, to be fed and carried gratis!" "Yes," returned Negoro, "but thirty days' passage at the bottom of the hold--" "At last that was over, Negoro.

You set out for New Zealand, in the land of the Maoris.

But you have returned.

Was the return made under the same circumstances ?" "Not so, Harris.

You may well believe that, over there, I had only one idea--to return to Angola and take up my trade of slave-trader again." "Yes," replied Harris, "one loves his trade--from habit." "For eighteen months--" Having pronounced those last words, Negoro stopped suddenly.