Their naked feet were torn, and none walked without a limp.

Originally there had been a hundred of these unfortunates, but about half had been sold on the trip.

The trader in charge of them rode a horse and carried a whip with a short handle and a long heavy lash divided into several knotted tails at the end.

With this whip he cut the shoulders of any that tottered from weariness and pain, and straightened them up.

He did not speak; the whip conveyed his desire without that.