Ihavealreadyfullydescribedthissystemin”TheAlbertN’yanza，”
thereforeitwillbeunnecessarytoenterintominutedetailsinthepresentwork。Itwillbesufficient，toconveyanideaoftheextendedscaleoftheslave-huntingoperations，toexplainthatanindividualtradernamedAgadassumedtherightovernearlyNINETYTHOUSANDSQUARE
MILESofterritory。Thushiscompaniesofbrigandscouldpillageatdiscretion，massacre，take，burn，ordestroythroughoutthisenormousarea，orevenbeyondthisbroadlimit，iftheyhadthepower。
ItisimpossibletoknowtheactualnumberofslavestakenfromCentralAfricaannually；butIshouldimaginethatatleastfiftythousandarepositivelyeithercapturedandheldinthevariouszareebasorcamps
oraresentviatheWhiteNileandthevariousroutesoverlandbyDarfurandKordofan。Thelossoflifeattendantuponthecaptureandsubsequenttreatmentoftheslavesisfrightful。Theresultofthisforcedemigration，combinedwiththeinsecurityoflifeandproperty，isthewithdrawalofthepopulationfromtheinfesteddistricts。Thenativeshavetheoptionofsubmissiontoeveryinsult，totheviolationoftheirwomenandthepillageoftheircrops，ortheymusteitherdeserttheirhomesandseekindependenceindistantdistricts，orallythemselveswiththeiroppressorstoassistintheoppressionofothertribes。ThustheseedsofanarchyaresownthroughoutAfrica，whichfallamongtribesnaturallypronetodiscord。Theresultishorribleconfusion，——distrustonallsides，——treachery，devastation，andruin。