CHAPTER V

ZUNGERU TO KANO

Everybody his own porter—Religion and missions—Divining water—Carriages patchy in parts—Native passengers—In the track of the slave-raider—Engine sustenance—Kaduna Bridge—A tight-rope performance—Close cultivation—“The lazy negro”—Two civilisations—At Kano 43

ARRIVAL AT KANO

Plans and expectations—Small water-famine—The handy man—Change of quarters—Ants as sauce—Niger Company 57