Note 33 — Chapter I

Ferries are profitable investments in these lands. My factotum, Selim Aga, tells me of one over the Niger, near Rabba, now reopened down the river by Masaba, i.e. Mohammed Saba, King of Nupe, who charges 1000 cowries there = 1s. 6d., for each traveller in the caravan, 1000 cowries for each tusk, and sundry fees for horses and mules.