Excerpt from Through Gasa Land, and the Scene of the Portuguese Aggression: The Journey of a Hunter in Search of Gold and Ivory The bondsmen are generally brought from north of the Zambesi, and entrapped by bodies of armed men, under the command of half - breeds, these expeditions being fitted out and subsidised by Portuguese merchant's. The horrors that the um fortunates have suffered in their journeys down country can neither be imagined nor described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.