. À cheval à travers le Nigeria; ou, la vie et Voyage dans le centre du Soudan . de nouveau retourné par une mêle de maisons en argile, des huttes et des hangars, des piscines stagnantes, Et des tas de déchets, le long de la bordure de la piscine Jakara, à travers le grand marché-place, avec ses rangées de stands et d'abris, dont quelques-uns seulement ont été occupés à cette heure tôt, et de nouveau par la porte est, heureux et gratifié par ma rampe à travers la ville ancienne. Et comme je suis à nouveau sur la route large et sablonneuse qui a conduit vers l'est jusqu'au bariki, j'ai spéculé sur les changements inévitables qui doivent s'ensuivre au cours de la prochaine année

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. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . again returned through a medley of clay houses, huts and sheds, stagnant pools, and heaps of refuse, along the margin of the pool Jakara, through the great market-place, with its rows of booths and shelters, a few only of which were occupied at this early hour, and out again through the eastern gate, pleased and gratified by my ramble through the ancient city. And as I paced again the broad and sandy road which led eastward to the bariki, I speculated upon the inevitable changes which must ensue within the next few years, when, on the completion of the Baror-Kano railway and the Lagos extension, Kano is placed within easy re^ch of the coast, when the ubiquitous tourist will be able to spend the week-end in the heart of Hausa- land while his steamer is discharging at the wharfs of Lagos I Although the great mass of the people within the walls of Kano are happy and contented under the present re^me, the Fulani chiefs have not yet been able to forget their former glory and autocratic 260. »• V ^: The Plains of Hausaland power, and while they remain outwardly- sub-servient, periodically a rumour arises that at lastthey have gathered courage to raise the standardof revolt. For this, amongst other reasons, asufficient military force is always stationed at Kanofor the protection of the European officials; andas it happened, on the day that I visited Kano arumour came through from Zaria that the Fulaniin Kano were secretly arming, and that liightintended to attack the Residency, slaughter allthe white men, and establish again the old regime.Though this was but a rumour, and probablyunfounded, still, as the Fulani were a somewhatuncertain element in the population, pickets wereposted at night round the European lines, andinstructions issued for concentration in the emer-gency fort if there should actually be any alarm.As expected, however, the night passed quietly;and in the morning, as soon as the

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