. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . pany and escort to the summit of those hillsnext day. The road to Kereng led over the open, treeless,cultivated plain to the base of a much denudedvolcanic hill, at the foot of which lay the town ofYoss, The inhabitants, at our approach, retiredinto their huts, but the king of Panyam went intothe town and brought out the sariki to make hisobeisance and accompany us to Kereng. Then thepath rose over some low granite hillocks at Koguland crossed a narrow plain to Kereng, which isset on some rocky hummocks at the base of t
. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . pany and escort to the summit of those hillsnext day. The road to Kereng led over the open, treeless,cultivated plain to the base of a much denudedvolcanic hill, at the foot of which lay the town ofYoss, The inhabitants, at our approach, retiredinto their huts, but the king of Panyam went intothe town and brought out the sariki to make hisobeisance and accompany us to Kereng. Then thepath rose over some low granite hillocks at Koguland crossed a narrow plain to Kereng, which isset on some rocky hummocks at the base of theremarkable double peak which we had seen fromPanyam. As we rounded the last of the granitekopjes before the town came into view, we met theking of Kereng, a tall spare man with a moroseand sullen countenance. He it was who had ledthe attack upon the British column a few monthsbefore, and his defeat and loss of independence hadleft him a sour and disappointed spirit. When hissentinels had warned him of my approach, how-ever, he had apparently decided that discretion 98. Bauchi to Ibi was the better part of valour, and with a cx>upleof retainers had taken his way to the outskirts ofhis town to do me un;Villing homage. One of thenative policemen who accompanied me had beenon the previous expedition, and at sight of himbegan to curse him as a vile rascal who had daredto oppose the British arms ; and it was amusing,as the king knelt down and put dust on his head i];itoken of subjection, to see him come forward withan air of much importance and, remarking 5adiawa! Sa diawa! (Put plenty! Putplenty!), clap a large handful of mud on theshaven crown of the unfortunate king. ?With the five kings of Pyem, Panyam, Yoss,Kogul, and Kereng in line in front of me, theroyal procession moved on through the half-deserted town and up to the base of the great conewhich dominates the landscape around. Here Idismounted, and in the same order we began toclimb the main peak, which rises to a height
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