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