The Coolidge examiner., 1935-10-18

an Landscape.
Is known 10 the natives as "hrki"
II Is excellent for cotton. mlllet
and other crops. but cracks into
sections with creyasses several
inches across during the dry season
and Is very hard for animals Cor
motorcycles to travel over. Au.
thorlties differ as 10 the origin OF
the cuvettes Some ascrlbe them
10 subterranean lnaltratIon from
Lake Chad. Others sny that the
nrkl soil was originally the floor ot
-aar zaelsais Essei-exserdesi Lake
Cis,d. NJ fiea hy fiae sand aud later
uncovered Ia Ebs enfetIes ey ero-
sion. n ~ -
Even thotasa / h4 s,krl,SAsAf.tss..
dunes t~ peFtesis irae. tstse a.,
gcaFs md trees In the cuye,ies, the
dunn palm beiug 4 Characteristic
feature Of the landscape. Water Il
usually only a few feet. sometimes
only fesK inches. below the aoor.
and ohe Fr~xysos ) utpis a tom. OF
small l44FSg rais tsa IeTeas poInL
Someames fhe wager u. fresh. some
times lufbteguhted wTth sait or
sodium SsrhSnate. The Aals In this
region issbituc nndTareld. but the
luhaahapiA NkessrH r.8df hra
PIerf,s Of Game and Cattle v, =
Beyond ycsare tae route eastward
veers south ln,o the broad. fat val
~ of the ,Komaduga "a word mean
jitS ~rNdt'1 Yobe, the largest west
ern aIlueut OF l.ake4c Chad. RI
o The country Us ar-pAradlss for
game. Staely francs and faarabou
s,orks staRd. In iha shadows and
scoop up, fish With their bulls.
FlockSl % blue herons dap out OF
the ,rdes snd sail away towara the
sunset. and attending the~e- feath.
cred rnyallas are gke smaller va
AF,siies IN squads ADD tattallop@.
10 'iiIs copnirY are villages OK
The kauurl whQ, arg cattle "a .sers.
-iI4.-- main boly of The Kanuri In
habit Bs'ruu prdrfnre. souriIRAes, OF
Lake Chad. and the- X ksahadsgA
iobe. They spes desert peaple ~ 10
came south lqpg ago apul,plxed With
9uIr Dcsro tribes OF Bornu. and the
gsWs "RgrFbed- rBarbef7J. gIvea
,ihsm hy their ntlshboFs. the HauAa.
possibly Indicates thai they, were
oiicS- much llghierAklpned than st
rfessht. During part OF the Six
rtSesth century tiietr empire was
known as one Of the most powerful
Ia central Africa. hut their political
power and talent baYe Baned.. p
Beyond, at -.A'Gnlgmi ., a = fort
CROWDS = high, sand dune. and at
the hase Is a Kanembu village OF
tall ras,ii hnts shaped ike rneerted
ice-gfara eEnes each e6tnpouuA
surrbnnded hy n fence. also az
reeds Prom N'sqsgEnl there Is a
weiliTayeled caravan route north
TO the oases OF Agadem. Blima. and
KaotAr. and the inhabitants or the
town 1naIH a living by trude,3 cotton
and fnlIle. culture. and the working
OF SAP and ,natron, deposits a few
are ebttle-raisers. The women wear
big alyer earrings and do their
hair sp With liquid butter. or ghee,
L$ke chad Covered by Plants
Nearby is huge Lake Chad. Il
could al host be said OF Lake Chad
that 4 has no shore line. One can
folloey iGB edgs many miles Without
a sIskt Sf open water. The whole
lake gnay be oniy three incl1esi deep
for AZ THAT can be seen OF ii.
Inl hct it probably wohId be nee
essaty % wade out a good long dis
tancS In order to see anything diff
fereht For the first 10, or "a miles
iher@sis nothing but q cohfiudA ton
Of tils vast Wilderness OF Wild mil
let aAd water pranrs. growing SIX
feet hlgh-in-ttrrer 10 - fuctes or
water Then there is,a mysterloqs
labyfhttI 90 2EdnpsC little islands
M9st Of the islands In the lake
are inhablted by a c6ffous people
called the BnfiIlHla. And they ARE
just as lsolsted from the rest OF
the rPrih as,if they, lived on an,
other planet. they go padding
about that Dnystesfdus little uni!
verse; Sasqide their water horses"
catcIpg fish. sn$rhg7 @aterf0m. :.
and niratlng their neighbQrs. and
they have ne9vaef knowledge nor
curiosity regarding what goes on
outside their swamps and Islands.
Thesi Buduma are thought by
some 10 be a renmabt rof gtfs an
cient Kahembu,' who took refuge
in Lake Chad. They live in viii
lagos bt sayelessIS Constructed reed
huts Ebid have little culture. worth,
menttoulrg. q
ThSir iwateTJhQrse%I Is merely a
log &c the amBash (ambach) tree,
which grows in profusiop9p IN the
islands OF Lake Chad and is almost
as lisbt as eGfk.sfwod2 roitsioe