430 MR horneman's travels. 
ben. The Haussa, though negroes, are not quite 
black, and have an interesting countenance. They 
are the most intelligent people in the interior of 
Africa. Mild, benevolent, and extremely gay in 
their manners, they cultivate the land with great 
assiduity, and excel in the manufacture of cotton 
cloth, with which they supply the Fezzanians. 
The Haussa women are described as possessing a 
species of music which has the power, either of 
melting their husbands to tears, or of rousing them 
to warlike achievements. 
Bornou is at present decidedly the most power- 
ful kingdom in the interior of Africa. Cauga and 
Wangara are governed by officers appointed by the 
Sultan ; Begarmee, Cashna, and almost all the 
states composing Haussa, pay tribute to him. The 
Bornouans are blacker than the inhabitants of Haus- 
sa ; they are also ruder in their habits and manners. 
A kingdom situated round a large lake was describ- 
ed to Horneman under the names of Cougu, Lussi, 
and Fiddri, (Fittri of Browne, and Cauga of the 
Arabians.) The lake is four miles in circumfer- 
ence during the dry season, but is increased by the 
rains to double that magnitude. The natives dwell 
in huts, and are in a very low state of civilization. 
To the east lies Begarmee, famous for its slave 
trade, or rather slave stealing. Still further east 
lie Wadey and Metho, (the same probably with the 
Bergoo of Browne,) and beyond them Darfur. 
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