Chika, a well-to-do young Igbo woman, has been pulled to safety in a deserted shop by a Hausa Muslim woman.
The inhabitants, mostly Hausa, carry on an extensive trade and are especially noted for their embossed brass and copper work.
The scouts were called in; and the Hausa company set off, in fours, along the path.
Beriberi (or Berberi) is the name given them by the Hausa (see Bornu).
It has been erroneously stated that the Fula imposed Mahommedanism on the Hausa states.
Under his son Ahmed (about 1808) the kingdom began to be harassed by the Fula, who had already conquered the Hausa country.
In ancient times the province of Katagum formed the debateable country between Bornu and the Hausa states.
He barked at them in Hausa and the older answered him in the same language, though there seemed a certain awkwardness in its use.
In this region the ethnical relations are considerably more complex than in the Hausa States.
He singled out Colville immediately as the officer in charge of the party, and addressed him in the Hausa language.