CHAPTER XL
BURUTU
A port in a swamp—Training native engineers—A composite village—Social grades—Medical provision—Mr John Burns on a Nigerian river—Back to the sea 348
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A Gateway in the Wall of Kano _Frontispiece_
The Rt. Hon. Sir George Taubman Goldie, Founder of Nigeria _Facing page_ 64
One of the Emir’s Trumpeters ” 78
Native Skin-merchants with Transport, Kano ” 78
Captain J. J. Brocklebank, D.S.O. ” 82
The Premises of the London and Kano Trading Company at Kano ” 82
Sir Frederick Lugard, D.S.O., First Governor of Northern Nigeria ” 92
Houses in Kano City. The cheapest type, rent 1s. 6d. a year ” 94
Houses in Kano City. A detached dwelling, rent 1s. 9d. a year ” 94
House in Kano City, rent 2s. 6d. a year ” 96
No. 1 Kano. The houses in the city are numbered to facilitate taxation ” 96
An Arab Merchant who trades from the Shores of the Mediterranean to Kano ” 102
Ex Sergt.-Major Dowdu, a Beri-Beri from Bornu ” 102
The Magistrate’s Court in the Market. His worship is on the steps ” 108
A Detachment of the Emir’s Police ” 108
A Corner of Kano Market. Note the stocks ” 112
A Section of the Market with Open-air Stalls ” 112
The Principal Mosque ” 114
An Entrance to the Courtyard of the Emir’s Palace ” 114
The Royal Courts of Justice ” 116
The Native Treasury, known as the Beit-el-Mal ” 116
A Street in Kano ” 118
Doctor’s Shop in the Market ” 118
Hausa Woman-trader. Her clothes are silk and her rings silver ” 120
A Hausa Belle ” 120
Tureg Traders from Lake Chad. They are reformed robbers ” 122
Abigah (seated) and his Two Wives ” 122
“Zaki!”—Natives giving the usual salute to a white man ” 128
Respect to the Aged is shown by removing the Shoes and Curtsying ” 128
The Religion of the Mohamedan forbids the use of soap, as it contains fat. Shaving therefore is done with the aid of water only ” 138
Specimen of the Barber’s Art ” 138
Carriers ready to start ” 168
A Bridge which is swept away by the stream each year during the wet season ” 168
A Government Rest-house ” 174
The Headman’s House at Toro, where the Author slept ” 174
Approach to a Pagan Town. A maze of impenetrable cactus ” 248
A Pagan Homestead, built against a rock to prevent rear attacks ” 248
Pagan Farmer using his only implement, a spade-hoe ” 250
The King of the Jarawa Pagans dancing in Honour of the Author’s Visit. The accompaniment is by his Court band in State uniform ” 250
A Naked Pagan riding his pony barebacked ” 256
Pagan Horsemen ” 256
Bukuru Sign Language ” 258
Mr S. E. M. Stobart, the Resident at Bukuru, and His Staff ” 268
Bukuru Residency ” 268
Pagan Feminine Fashions ” 270
A Pagan Beauty of the Dass Tribe ” 272
A Girl of the Jarawa Tribe. The cuts in the face are made when she reaches the age of puberty ” 272
Jarawa Pagans. The marks are produced by the flesh being cut and charcoal placed in the incision ” 276
Signalled message _Page_ 290
A Beri-Beri Woman with an elaborate headdress _Facing page_ 290
Swearing in a Pagan and a Mohamedan for the Northern Nigeria Regiment ” 290
Hausa Boy playing the molah, a kind of banjo ” 298
Fiddle with Strings and Bow of Horse-hair rubbed with Gum ” 298
Hausa House-Building with Grass. The foundation ” 310
The Finished Mansion. It is put up, including cutting the grass, in a couple of hours ” 310
Manicure. The fee is twenty cowries, i.e., about one-fourteenth of a penny ” 338
A Nupé Pilot on the Niger ” 338
A European Trading Station on the Niger ” 342
On a Creek of the Niger ” 342
The Niger Company’s Wharf at Burutu ” 348
Shipping Palm-oil for Direct Transit to Liverpool ” 348
THROUGH UNKNOWN NIGERIA