First footsteps in East Africa

or, An Exploration of Harar

by

Richard Burton

Table of Contents

DEDICATION.

PREFACE.

  1. DEPARTURE FROM ADEN.
  2. LIFE IN ZAYLA.
  3. EXCURSIONS NEAR ZAYLA.
  4. THE SOMAL, THEIR ORIGIN AND PECULIARITIES.
  5. FROM ZAYLA TO THE HILLS.
  6. FROM THE ZAYLA HILLS TO THE MARAR PRAIRIE.
  7. FROM THE MARAR PRAIRIE TO HARAR.
  8. TEN DAYS AT HARAR.
  9. A RIDE TO BERBERAH.
  10. BERBERAH AND ITS ENVIRONS.
  11. POSTSCRIPT.

Appendices

  1. DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS MADE BY LIEUTENANT SPEKE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE WADY NOGAL.
  2. GRAMMATICAL OUTLINE AND VOCABULARY OF HARARI LANGUAGE.
  3. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE COLD SEASON OF 1854-5, BY LIEUTENANTS HERNE, STROYAN, AND BURTON.
  4. APPENDIX IV.
  5. A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF AN ATTEMPT TO REACH HARAR FROM ANKOBAR.

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