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Title: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa. From the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Bradley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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eal landmarkof Kano; but nothing was as yet visible of the town, and we had but faint hopes of reaching it before sunset. However,we went on, though a little disheartened, as we had some fore-boding that we should incur the displeasure of the governor;and passing through the gate, in front of which part of theairi.were encamped, without stopping, as if we were natives of the country, went on across open fields. It took us forty minutes to reach the house of Bawo from the gate, though this lies near the very outskirts of Dala, the northernmost quarter of the town. It was quite dark, and we had some trouble in taking possession of the quarters assigned to us by our host. Kand had been sounding in my ears now for more than a year; it had been one of the great objects of our journey as the central point of commerce, as a great store-house of information, and as the point whence more distant regions might be most successfully attempted. At length, after nearly a years exertions, I had reached it.
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iW) RESIDENCE IN KANO. 149 CHAPTER X. Residence in Kano—Finances—Appearance of the Streets of Kan6, and the People—Visit to the Governor—Presents — Population, Manufactures, and Commerce of Kan6. Its Army, Finances, and Government—Journey from Kano the capital of Hdusa to B6rnu—Dr. Barth hears of Mr. Eich.ardsons Death, and visits his Grave—Dr. Barth arrives at Ktikawa, the capital of the empire of B6rnu. Kano for us was a station of importance, not only from a scientific, but also from an economical point of view. Instead of being provided with ready cash, we had received in Murzuk,on account of the British government, merchandise which, we had been assured, would not only be safer than money, but would also prove more advantageous for us. In consequence of the heavy extortions to which we were subjected on the road,to Air, and of our long delay in that country, we had been deprived of the small articles which we carried for barter,so that we were entirely thrown upon the mer

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