[CHAPTER VII.]

THE REMINISCENCES WRITTEN FOR MR. HITCHMAN IN 1888—INDIA.

[A later chapter on same events differently told][His little autobiography][His books on India][Burying a Sányasi][His Indian career practically ends].

[CHAPTER VIII.]

ON RETURN FROM INDIA.

[Boulogne][Bayonet exercise][Meets me at Boulogne at school][His famous journey to Mecca and El Medinah][His start from Alexandria to Cairo][Twelve days in an open Sambúk][Ten days' ride to Mecca][Moslem Holy Week][The all-important crisis][His safe return][On board an English ship][Interesting letters][The Kasîdah][The end of the Kasîdah—Christian Poetry].

[CHAPTER IX.]

HARAR—THE MOSLEM ABYSSINIA—THE TIMBUCTOO OF EAST AFRICA, THE EXPLORATION OF WHICH HAD BEEN ATTEMPTED IN VAIN BY SOME THIRTY TRAVELLERS.

[He starts for Harar in Somali-land][Preparations at Zayla][Desert journey][He enters the city in triumph][Interview with the Amir][Has great success][Damaging reports][He leaves Harar safely][A fearful desert journey][Want of water][They reach Berberah—Join Speke, Herne, Stroyan][He sails for Aden][Returns with forty men][They are attacked—A desperate fight][Richard and Speke desperately wounded].

[CHAPTER X.]