176 TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XXVI. 
had excited the suspicion of his liege lord 'Aliyu, the 
ruler of Sokoto, who had deposed him and given the 
government to his brother A'hmedu, whereupon 
Bokhari had nothing else to do but to throw him- 
self upon the hospitality and protection of the 
Bornu people, who received him with open arms, the 
governor of Mashena, with the sanction of his liege 
lord the sheikh of Bornu, assigning to him a neigh- 
bouring place, Yerimari, for his residence. This is 
an incident of very frequent occurrence in these 
loosely connected empires ; but it is particularly so 
with the Fulbe, among whom one brother often che- 
rishes the most inveterate hatred against another. 
Exactly the same thing we have seen already in Ka- 
tsena. Bokhari having remained some time quietly in 
this place, strengthening his party and assisted under- 
hand with arms and men by the vizier of Bornu, 
had just now set out to try his fortune against his 
brother, and was beating the drums in order to col- 
lect as many people as possible. 
Predatory incursions are nothing new in these 
quarters, where several provinces and entirely distinct 
empires have a common frontier; but this, as the 
event proved, was rather a memorable campaign for 
the whole of this part of Negroland, and was to become 
a the beginning of sorrows" for all the country around. 
For Bokhari having taken the strong town of Kha- 
deja, and killed his brother, was not only able to 
defend himself in his new position, vanquishing all 
the armies sent against him, and amongst them 
