FIVE YEARS HARD By the same Author A BRASS HAT IN NO MANS LAND Being an account of the fall of the Fulani Empire and a picture of the daily life of a Regimental Officer among the peoples of the Western Sudan, by BRIGADIER GENERAL F. P. CROZIER, CONTENTS I THE START II UP NIGER III LOKOGA IV TOWARDS WUSHISHI V AMONG THE PAGANS VI TO ZARIA VII THE FALL OF KANO VIII SOKOTO STANDS TO FIGHT IX SNAKES IN THE GRASS X THE OLD BIRD DIES GAME EPILOGUE ILLUSTRATIONS THE NIGER MAKING THE SOLDIER ON THE MARCH NORTHERN NIGERIA MOUNTED INFANTRY THE DEFENSIVE WALLS OF KANO THE SOKOTO BATTLEFIELD TRANSPORT NEW AND OLD BRITISH JUSTICE