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which they were met by an escort sent to join them by 
the Sultan of Borgu. Sultan Yarro received them 
with many expressions of pleasure and kindness, showing 
special delight at seeing Richard Lander again. Although 
he was a convert to Mohammedanism, Yarro evidently 
put more faith in the superstitions of his forefathers 
than in his new creed. Fetiches and gri-gris were hung 
over his door, and in one of his huts there was a square 
stool, supported on two sides by four little wooden 
effigies of men. The character, manners, and costumes 
of the people of Borghoo differ essentially from those of 
the natives of Yoruba. 
“ Perhaps no two people in the universe residing so 
near each other,” says the narrative, “ differ more widely 
. . . . than the natives of Yarriba and Borohoo. The 
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former are perpetually engaged in trading with each 
other from town to town, the latter never quit their 
towns except in case of war, or when engaged in pre¬ 
datory excursions; the former are pusillanimous and 
cowardly, the latter are bold and courageous, full of 
spirit and energy, and never seem happier than when 
engaged in martial exercises ; the former are generally 
mild, unassuming, humble and honest, but cold and 
passionless; the latter are proud and haughty, too vain 
to be civil, and too shrewd to be honest; yet they 
appear to understand somewhat of the nature of love 
and the social affections, are warm in their attachments, 
and keen in their resentments.” 
On the 17th June our travellers at last came in sight 
of the city of Boussa. Great was their surprise at 
finding chat town on the mainland, and not, as Clapperton 
had said, on an island in the Niger. They entered 
Boussa by the western gate, and were almost immedi¬ 
ately introduced to the presence of the king and of the 
midiki or queen, who told them that they had both that 
very morning shed tears over the fate of Clapperton. 
The Niger or Quorra, which flows below the city, was 
the first object of interest visited by the brothers. 
“ This morning,” writes the traveller, “ we visited the 
far-famed Niger or Quorra, which flows by the city 
