First Footsteps in East Africa

by Richard Francis Burton

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.

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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.

DUTERCQ DEL^T

HARAR FROM THE COFFE STREAM

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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		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.

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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.

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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.

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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