Chap. LXXX. 
THE KORTI'tA. 
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bread tree, till we reached a small village called Bose, 
which is inhabited by the tribe of the Koi-ze or Koiza- 
ten (who came originally from Damgot). It consisted 
entirely of the kind of huts which are usual in Hausa, 
and manifested that we had left the Songhay archi- 
tecture behind us. But although it possesses a small 
mosque, most of the inhabitants, together with the head 
man himself, are idolaters. Here we were hospitably 
treated with a bowl of ghussub-water, while I had to 
give the people my blessing in return. Two miles and 
a half beyond Bose lies the village of Hendobo, on a 
small branch of the river. We encamped a short dis- 
tance from it, in the shade of a luxuriant duwe, on a 
ground rising sHghtly from the swampy plain opposite 
the island Barma-giingu, which is situated a little 
further in the midst of the river, which here, from 
N. 20° W. to S. 20° E., changes its course to a 
direction from N. 20° E. to S. 20° W. 
The island is adorned with diim-palms, and is the 
residence of the chief of the Kortita, or Kortebe, whose 
real name is Slimdn or Solimdn G^ro Kiise-izze, the son 
of Kuse, but who is generally known in the district 
under the name of Soliman Sildi. My companions, 
who were very anxious not to neglect any great 
men of the country, had determined to pay this chief 
a visit, in order to try to obtain a present from him. 
But the eloquent Wddawi and his companions did not 
appear to have succeeded with these islanders ; for they 
returned with rather dejected spirits from their visit 
to the chief, who showed us not the slightest mark 
of hospitality . But, from another quarter, I myself, at 
