WANDERINGS IN
THREE CONTINENTS

Allen & Co. Ph. Sc.

Richard F. Burton
الحاج عبداله

WANDERINGS IN
THREE CONTINENTS

BY THE LATE

CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON, K.C.M.G.

EDITED, WITH A PREFACE, BY W. H. WILKINS, M.A., F.S.A. EDITOR OF THE BURTON MSS. AND AUTHOR OF “THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL LADY BURTON,” ETC.

WITH A PHOTOGRAVURE PORTRAIT AND

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. D. MᶜCORMICK

London: HUTCHINSON & CO

Paternoster Row

1901

CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE[vii]
EL MEDINAH AND MECCAH[1]
I—​THE VISITATION OF EL MEDINAH[3]
II—​THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCAH[35]
A RIDE TO HARAR[71]
TO THE HEART OF AFRICA[99]
I—​THE JOURNEY[101]
II—​THE LAKE REGIONS[127]
THE CITY OF THE MORMONS[147]
I—​THE JOURNEY[149]
II—​THE CITY AND ITS PROPHET[172]
A MISSION TO DAHOMÉ[197]
A TRIP UP THE CONGO[225]
THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL[259]
THROUGH SYRIA TO PALMYRA[283]