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ONE OF THE HOMES OF BLACK JUSTICE AT KANO
| The alkali, or native judge, here seen descending the steps of his court, is appointed by the Emir, and receives a fixed salary from the public treasury, and no longer, as formerly, has a share of the monetary penalties exacted. This magistrate decides cases civil and criminal, framing his decisions on custom and usage based on the Koran law |
MEDICINAL HERBS WARRANTED TO KILL OR CURE
| In front of his mud-shop the native general practitioner of Kano exposes his various "remedies." Antidotes, antiseptics, correctives, restoratives, sedatives may be obtained in exchange for a few cowries. Natives of Northern Nigeria do not suffer much from fever. Leprosy is fairly common, and ophthalmia very prevalent; but the African has not the European's sensibility to pain |