Northern Nigeria 



Lugard's flying visit. The Baribas had a well- 

 earned name for war-like propensities and for 

 treachery, though, be it said, my experience never 

 bore out the latter. Yet here was I sleeping 

 peacefully in the stillness of the bush with, as 

 my companions, three Haussas and a Bariba, nor 

 would I have changed my resting-place for the 

 most luxurious bedroom in England. 



I was starting next morning with the Bariba, 

 and meant to take a soldier to carry my second 

 rifle, but the Bariba would have none of him. So 

 thinking that two would certainly make less noise 

 than three, I decided that, " in for a penny, in 

 for a pound, " I would trust myself entirely to 

 the hunter. It is a case of trusting, as no white 

 man, in fact, none but the local negroes, can find 

 their way many yards in this bush, and if my 

 guide had chosen to lead me wrong or desert me 

 in the bush, I should have been there now. How- 

 ever, no such danger occurred; on the contrary, 

 we soon came on fresh roan tracks, followed them, 

 and put up a roan cow. I hardly saw her, but 

 ran up, and must have got into the middle of 

 a herd; they were snorting all round me, and I 

 saw glimpses of several. One looked round a 

 bush at me some sixty yards off, and seeing a 

 bit of his body, I fired standing ; he went off, but 

 it seemed to me, slowly, so I ran after him and, 

 getting another view, gave him the second barrel, 



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