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Of course we bought all sorts of curios before sailing, embroidered turbans, sarongs, jabuls, handsome krises, chow-covers of beautifully coloured straw, and hats of every variety, while one day, as an experiment in shopping, I bargained for a Moro slave, a handsome, black-eyed boy, but as he could not be purchased for less than ten dollars gold, I informed his owner that he was too expensive.
- Florence Kimball Russel, A Woman’s Journey through the Philippines, On a cable ship that linked together the strange lands seen en route (1907) [full text]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzwrjtWR7F1qamjklo1_500.gif)
Of course we bought all sorts of curios before sailing, embroidered turbans, sarongs, jabuls, handsome krises, chow-covers of beautifully coloured straw, and hats of every variety, while one day, as an experiment in shopping, I bargained for a Moro slave, a handsome, black-eyed boy, but as he could not be purchased for less than ten dollars gold, I informed his owner that he was too expensive.
- Florence Kimball Russel, A Woman’s Journey through the Philippines, On a cable ship that linked together the strange lands seen en route (1907) [full text]
