156 



FROM THE NIGER TO THE NILE 



village, a very decrepit old man, received him well, bidding 

 him sit down on two leopard skins in front of him. He had 



rilE KARU-KURU 



probably received news of Gosling's coming when Jose visited 

 him a short time before. In the afternoon the old king rode 

 down bareback on a grey pony, bringing a present of a sheep 

 and a large quantity of firewood. There were some Fulani in 

 this village as well as the natives of the place, who belong 

 to a tribe called Karu-Kuru. Some of the men were wearing 

 shirts made of open rope-work, and a few of the women had 

 scars in remarkable designs all down their left sides. The 



