. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . hemalone. I pleased him greatly by accepting hisoffer of service, and the sariki then carefully ex-plained his instructions to him again and again,until he declared that he knew exactly what Iwished him to say to the sariki of Chongwom. At dawn next morning the sarikin Ture againlimped painfully down from the rocks and oncemore put the galadima through his lesson beforewe started. He informed me also that the galadimaof Tangalto was able to speak a little Fulani, andthat I would therefore have no difficulty in ex-plaini
. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . hemalone. I pleased him greatly by accepting hisoffer of service, and the sariki then carefully ex-plained his instructions to him again and again,until he declared that he knew exactly what Iwished him to say to the sariki of Chongwom. At dawn next morning the sarikin Ture againlimped painfully down from the rocks and oncemore put the galadima through his lesson beforewe started. He informed me also that the galadimaof Tangalto was able to speak a little Fulani, andthat I would therefore have no difficulty in ex-plaining things to him through my own length we moved off over the parklike plainstowards the hills of Chongwom, the galadimoi lead-ing the way, evidently greatly pleased at the trustreposed in him and turning round every now andthen to grin at me in his pleasant good-naturedmanner. As we approached the base of theChongwom hills the natives who were at work inthe fields ran off at once to the shelter of the town. We crossed the open farmland, rounded a pro- 162. Nafeda to Tangale jecting spur, and then entered a narrow picturesque valley which led upwards amongst the hills. Presently, as we followed the running stream, we came upon the town of Chiongwom, consisting of numerous groups of huts scattered here and there amongst the rocks. I stopped for breakfast in the middle of the settlement, and the galadima at once went off to call the sariki. In a little while he returned with a morose and sulky-looking personage, whom with considerable difficulty he persuaded to make his obeisance in proper style. I made signs to the galadima to explain to the sariki the purpose of my coming, and a lengthy conversation thereupon ensued, which appeared to be more or less satisfactory to his suspicious mind; Breakfast over, I indicated to the galadima that I was anxious to push on to Tangalto, and, acquiescing with a smile, he again spoke to the sariki, who immediately turned and moved
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