Houssa

(hoos's ah,) a region of Mid-Africa, b. N.by the Great Desert, and W. by the Niger. It is a country but little known, inhabited by negroes of a superior type (Fig. 305.) Kashna, its C., is in N. Lat. 12° 0′ 19″, E. Lon. 8°30′. [s. 464] IMG:p0509_0.jpg:Gravür