They are of various sizes, but the tallest man he ever saw was at
Housa. The city being very large, he seldom had an opportunity of
seeing the king, as at Timbuctoo. He saw him but twice in two
years, and only in the courts of justice; he was remarkable for the
width of his nostrils, the redness of his eyes, the smoothness of
his skin, and the fine tint of his perfectly black complexion.