HOUSA. 51 when they walk oiit or visit, which they do with the same freedom as in Europe. The women ride either horses or asses, they have no mules ; the men commonly prefer walking, they are strong and seldom sensible of fatigue, which he attributes to their having a rib more than white men. Some bake their own bread, others buy it, as in England. They make leavened bread of allila and bishna ; the cattle-market is within the city, in a square, appropriated to this purpose. There are a great many rich men, some by inheritance, others by trade. Every morning the doors of the rich are crowded with poor, the master sends them food, rice, milk, &c. They have names for every day. They make their own pipes for smoking, the tubes are of wood. They have songs, some with chorus, and some sung by two persons in alternate stanzas. They have, the sme feasts once a quarter as at Timbuctoo. The king has but one wife, but many concubines. The favourite slaves of the queen of Housa are considered as superior to the queen of Timbuctoo.

GOLD.

The ground where it is found is about sixteen miles from Housa. They go in the night with camels "vdiose legs and feet are covered to protect tiiSiainst snakes, they take abag of sand, and mark with it the places that glitter with gold ; • Millet and Indian corn.

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