Note 153 — V
Philip Askell Benton translation
Denham, ii. 143, where the traveller says: ‘Not a fruit of any description can be found in the whole kingdom.’ [This is an exaggeration. Fruit is very scarce in Bornu, but water-melons, dates, paw-paws, and limes can sometimes be obtained. Possibly some of these have been introduced since Denham’s time. There are also Kurna and other wild fruit-trees.]