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Title: The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Subjects: Fashion Art, Decorative
Publisher: London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ...
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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un from Loanda tothat place being commonly made in onemonth, or 35 days; and from the passagebeingsoshort,scarcelyany mortality takesplace amongst the slaves, which is alwaysthe case whenever the voyage is long.The provinces of Banza, or St. Salvador,and Sondy, furnish the best slaves for ex-portation ; whereas those from the otherprovinces of Congo, namely, Baniba,Pemba, and Sogno, from not being inur-ed to labour, frequently die from change,of air and climate. The numberof slaves kept by the Por-tuguese inhabitants at Loanda, Colombo,St. Salvador, and, indeed, wherever theyhave settlements, is matter of just asto-nishment; middling pt-ople keep from 50to 200 each; several of the richest have3000; and one of the religious societiesat Loanda possesses more than 12,000, ofdifferent nations, comprising smiths, join-ers, turners, mason.s, and other handi-crafts. None of these are sent to Brazil,but such only as are taken in war, or soldby the great men of the country. MF.RCATOn & Co.
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V^,v^, ^ 293 Plate 27.—BRITISH SPORTS. ROACH. The roacli usually weighs froma pound to a pound and a half. Itshue is silvery, with a cast of dullyellow, more dusky on the upperpart, and the fins are red. Tlie analfin has twelve rays, and the ventralrays are of a blood-red colour. Itis from the predominance of this co-lour that it has received, in French,the name of rougety from which itsEnglish appellation is derived. This fish frequents deep, still,and clear rivers, often appearing inlarge shoals, preceded by one ormore, apparently stationed as a kindof guard. It spawns about the mid-dle of May, and is very prolific.Its flesh is white, firm, and welltasted, but not held in great repute. Roach are generally found in thesame situations as perch ; they fre-quent deep rivers with sandy bot-toms, and particularly aflrct the vi-cinity of ships sterns. The seasonfor angling for them is from May toOctober, during the whole of theday, and at the depth of from sixto twelve inches. The baits

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