| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 31 | The View more quotes about point">point of such nets seems to be to impress on the slave her helplessness, and, as well, to excite the curiosity of passers-by, say, prospective buyers or such, as to the nature of its contents. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 28 | I was now enclosed, it seemed, in a general-purpose net, one of a sort which might serve many purposes, perhaps even the transfer of supplies from one side of a chasm to another, or cargo from one ship to another. |
| 12 | 29 | In a net of the sort in which I was now enclosed, it is easy to inspect the contents, to see what is held. |
| 12 | 30 | This is different from many slave nets, which are often so closely woven that one can scarcely put one's fingers through the mesh. |
| 12 | 31 | The point of such nets seems to be to impress on the slave her helplessness, and, as well, to excite the curiosity of passers-by, say, prospective buyers or such, as to the nature of its contents. |
| 12 | 32 | Similarly some auctioneers like to bring women to the block clothed, which vesture may then, as the bidding intensifies, be progressively removed. |
| 12 | 33 | There is also a variety of capture nets, designed with different animals in mind. |
| 12 | 34 | I confine myself to those which are designed to net slaves. |