. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . nd round the neigh-bouring villages for contributions of corn and mealfor the use of the carriers. The bulama, hotw-ever, is a weak old man who is unable to exercisethe authority with which he has been invested jand when I arrived at Chibuk his messengers tothe neighbouring villages one and all met with ablank refusal to help him with supplies of foodiThe old man did his best, however, and provideda scanty meal for the carriers, for the most partout of his own private stores, while I intimatedto the surrounding villages
. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . nd round the neigh-bouring villages for contributions of corn and mealfor the use of the carriers. The bulama, hotw-ever, is a weak old man who is unable to exercisethe authority with which he has been invested jand when I arrived at Chibuk his messengers tothe neighbouring villages one and all met with ablank refusal to help him with supplies of foodiThe old man did his best, however, and provideda scanty meal for the carriers, for the most partout of his own private stores, while I intimatedto the surrounding villages that their unfriendlyaction would be reported to the Resident at thefirst opportunity. In the afternoon I made a circuit of the hillsand scrambled for some distance up the side ofone of the western kopjes. I was rewarded withan extensive view over the northern plains of Yola,which, though only thinly wooded, appeared asan undulating surface of dark green foliage stretch-ing westward and southward as far as one could see, with barely a granite kopje to diversify the 176. oo « w X The Ancient Kingdom of Bornu scene, but with the holy rock of Kobshi standingguard in the distance over the wooded plains ofMai-ghi. Towards evening, as I was resting inmy hut, an alarm of fire was raised. It appearedthat some carrier had carelessly set alight the longdry grass, which was now to be found only in thevicinity of the rest-camp, while elsewhere it hadbeen burnt black and bare by the natiyes. A gentlebreeze was fanning the flames, which were movingrapidly towards my hut and had already envelopedsome of the carriers shelters in the distance. Atonce my men came running up, and while some ofthem removed my baggage quickly from the hutand placed it in the middle of the open space infront, others beat down and set alight the longgrass which grew close up behind. The greatestdanger was from flying sparks from the cracklingflames beyond, but as soon as one alighted on thehut and commenced to smou
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