First Footsteps in East Africa
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FIRST FOOTSTEPS
IN
EAST AFRICA
OR,
AN EXPLORATION OF HARAR
BY
CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON,
K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., &c., &c., &c.
edited by his wife,
ISABEL BURTON.
Memorial Edition.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME I.
LONDON:
TYLSTON AND EDWARDS.
MDCCCXCIV.
(All rights reserved.)
Printed for the Publishers at
The Meccan Press,
3, Soho Square, London, W.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
Page. | ||
Preface to the Memorial Edition | xi | |
Preface to the First (1856) Edition | xv | |
Chapter. | ||
I.— | Departure from Aden | 1 |
II.— | Life in Zayla | 19 |
III.— | Excursions near Zayla | 46 |
IV.— | The Somal, their Origin and Peculiarities | 70 |
V.— | From Zayla to the Hills | 90 |
VI.— | From the Zayla Hills to the Marar Prairie | 128 |
VII.— | From the Marar Prairie to Harar | 171 |
VIII.— | Ten Days at Harar | 204 |
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
Chapter. | Page. | |
VIII.— | Ten Days at Harar (Continued) | 1 |
IX.— | A Ride to Berberah | 42 |
X.— | Berberah and its Environs | 71 |
Postscript | 94 | |
Appendices. | ||
I.— | Lieutenant Speke's Diary | 107 |
II.— | Grammatical Outline and Vocabulary of the Harari Language | 149 |
III.— | Lieutenant Herne's Meteorological Observations | 207 |
IV.— | On Infibulation (omitted) | 215 |
V.— | Account of Lieutenant Barker's Attempt to reach Harar | 219 |
Index | 243 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN VOLUME I.
Harar, from the Coffee Stream | to face Title Page |
Map of Sir R. F. Burton's Route to Harar | to face P. 1 |
The Hammal | to face 11 |
Diagram illustrating Somali Geography | 25 |
The Shantarah Board | 29 |
The Shahh Board | 30 |
The Fal | 62 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN VOLUME II.
H. H. Ahmad Bin Abi Bakr, Amir of Harar | to face Title Page. |
Map of Berberah | to face P. 1 |
Costume of Harar | to face 16 |
House at one of "Kín's" Cities | 127 |
Ground plan of ruins | 127 |
Mala at Jid Ali | 128 |
Plan of foundation of a Fort | 129 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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