Houses and rents—From 1s. 6d. to £5 a year—Mud mansions—No. 1 Kano—When to build and repair—Advice on building—A contract and a surprise 93 CHAPTER XII KANO MARKET A cosmopolitan rendezvous—Arab merchants—The desert route and the iron-horse—War and commerce—Local industries—Arts and crafts—Skilled workers—Camels, cattle, sheep, horses—Pitiful brute suffering—An appeal 100 CHAPTER XIII KANO MARKET AND CITY—(_continued_) Deference to the Englishman—A sagacious policy—Administration of justice—An Alkali’s judgment—The native Treasury—Kano municipality—Money matters 112 CHAPTER XIV SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LIFE Wives of the upper-class—Women and the mosques—Polygamy—Its difficulties in the home-circle—How to maintain peace—Hints on management of the feminine character—A domestic diplomat—Slavery—The former and the present position—Status of a slave 119 CHAPTER XV THE MISSIONARY QUESTION Missions and Moslems—Strong comments—Bearings of the situation—Present practice—The British solemn promise—The alternative 125 CHAPTER XVI THE BAUCHI LIGHT RAILWAY Zaria and other stations—The two gauges—Through new country—Second-hand rails—A new post for Sir Frederick Lugard—A relic of tribal warfare—Sport for the gun—A derailment—Blend of tongues—Smart re-railing work 130 CHAPTER XVII AT RAHAMA RAILHEAD Engaging carriers—How to facilitate getting away—Hausa horse coupers and political economy—Bullock transport—Donkey carriage—The man who belies a fable 139 CHAPTER XVIII ON TREK—RAHAMA TO JUGA Heavyweight and overweight—The white barred—Collective displeasure—Getting off—A doki boy—Tin-mine pilgrims—A scion of royalty—The rest-house—Village elders—Acrobatic horsemanship—The carriers—Headman Hanza—Over the edge of the Pagan belt 146 CHAPTER XIX RAHAMA TO JUGA—(_continued_)