CHAPTER XIV 



THE SHEHU OF KUKAWA 



The survey in Nigeria being finished at tliis point, our 

 attention was now to be turned to the exploration of Lake 



A STRING OF THE SHBIIU S PBISONERS 



Chad. But, before leaving Kukawa, we thought it would be 

 politic to pay a visit to the Shehu, or Sultan, of the country. 

 To give the reader an idea of this man's importance, I might 

 say that he is the paramount ruler (that is to say, under 

 British control) over the province of Bornu, which is, 



