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Updated: June 10, 2025
"Man him gone," declared Tari Barl, with the important air of a person making a momentous statement. "Yes, I know that, Tarry Barrel," replied the subaltern impatiently. "Is that all?" "Me find dis in bush, sah," continued the imperturbable Haussa, holding up a small, glittering object for his officer's inspection. It was a recently-fired rimmed cartridge-case.
The company officer had not yet put in an appearance, but the platoon commanders and their subordinates were engaged either in discussing impending plans or else minutely examining their men's equipment, lest the eagle eye of the C.O. should detect some deficiency during the forthcoming inspection. "All correct, sergeant?" enquired Wilmshurst, addressing a tall Haussa, Bela Moshi by name.
Here they were fortunate enough to engage old Pasco and his wife, with Richard's former attendant, Jowdie, together with Ibrahim and Nimo, two Bornou men, who could speak English, as also the Haussa language. Hence they went to Badagarry, the chief of which place, Adooley, entertained them hospitably.
"I've extracted the bullet; it had lodged only a quarter of an inch under the skin and close to the right of his backbone. I don't fancy the lungs are touched. He'll pull through if any of us do." "That's great!" exclaimed Wilmshurst, overjoyed that his devoted Haussa sergeant stood a good chance of recovery. "You ought to have been a doctor, corporal." "I was very near it, sir," was the reply.
Jugglers also, like those of India, were practising their tricks with snakes, having extracted the venomous fangs. Haussa is celebrated for its boxers, the most expert of whom are found among the butchers. Clapperton having intimated his willingness to pay for a performance, a number of combatants arrived, attended by two drummers and the whole body of butchers.
The large, short-bodied and long-legged sheep found in the interior of western and northern Africa are a complete contrast to the short-legged, long-bodied little Cameroons sheep. There is a very valuable pair of the former in the Berlin Zoological Garden the Haussa sheep which are very regularly marked, the front parts of their bodies being red and the hind parts white.
"Tarry Barrel and Spot Cash have tumbled upon something." "Hun he lib for stop, sah," reported Tari Barl. "Stopping to make fight?" asked the subaltern eagerly. The Haussa shook his head, and moved his jaw after the manner of a person eating. "Lib for stop for grub," he exclaimed. "After that on him go." "How far?" demanded Wilmshurst.
Accepting the former choice the prisoners were bound and gagged, and taken a hundred yards or so into the bush, a Haussa mounting guard over them to make sure that the wily Askaris did not slip their bonds. Wilmshurst's anxiety was now the thought that the main body would not emerge from the bush, since the two scouts were not able to signal that all was well.
When complete the effigy was slowly moved so that from the hostile position it gave the appearance of a Haussa brazenly and defiantly moving out in the open, while a dozen officers swept the ground on their front with their field-glasses to try to detect the faint flash of a sniper's rifle.
It was against the latter party that the Nth Waffs were to operate, since it was recognised that a small, mobile, and determined body of the enemy would give almost if not quite as much trouble as a large and consequently more cumbersome force hampered with guns in a difficult country. "Hullo!" exclaimed Wilmshurst, as a couple of Haussa scouts hurriedly and stealthily rejoined the advance guard.
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