RESIDENCE AT SOCCATOO AND MAGARIA. 
9 A 
Or 
Sunday, 11th March, nothing worth noting down, until the 
12th, when a messenger of the governor of Boushi arrived, bringing 
with him part of the spoil taken from the sheik of Bornou, which 
consisted of an old Bornou tent, a horse, and two mares, with two 
drums. The tent was erected in the square in the front of the 
sultan’s house, and two slaves set to beat the drums; the whole 
population of Soccatoo came to see them, and they continued beat- 
ing all night. The sultan sent for me. I went, and found him 
alone, and appearing very good humoured with the news that had 
arrived. After my asking after his health, and just beginning to 
ask if he would send me as soon as convenient to Adamowa, and to 
write to the governor to allow me to proceed up the Shari as far as 
possible, and show me every thing worth seeing in that province ; 
and after that, if the governor of Adamowa thought it safe, he would 
send me to Boushi, without coming back to Kano ; and that from 
Boushi I would proceed to Zari, and wait until after the rains, and 
then proceed with his messenger to the other Kano and the sea — 
before he could give me an answer, a number of the principal people 
of Soccatoo came in, and interrupted the conversation ; so I took 
my leave, he appointing another day to give me the information I 
requested. 
{Note . — Here Clapperton’s Journal finishes, and no notices of any kind appear 
among his papers subsequent to the above-mentioned date; but the following Journal, 
kept by his faithful servant, Richard Lander, amply supplies the deficiency.) 
