"I have been devouring your first volume of the 'Nights,' and cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the book, and how anxiously I am looking for the next volume."
Edward Peacock, Bottesford Manor, Brigg, October 3rd, 1885.
"I have read every word of the first volume of Captain Burton's 'Arabian Nights,' and, as I am not an Arabic scholar, am very grateful to him for having given us an English version."
[1] This was written some weeks before the author was made a K.C.M.G.
[INDEX.]
A
Abana, river, i. 187, 484, 512
Abans, the, i. 202, 217
Abbazia, ii. [354], [355], [358]
Abdallee, ii. [95]
Abd Al-Majid, Sultan, i. 233
Abd el Aziz, ii. [544]
Abd el Kadir, i. 19, 20, 180, 237, 470, 485;
his history, 486; a Sufi, 551;
meeting held at the house of, 552;
and the Christian converts, 563:
faithful to Lady Burton, 588; his
death, ii. [247]
Abd el Karim Matar, i. 549-551; his death, 556
Abdo, ii. [60]
Abdullah the Bushiri, Burton's experiences
as, i. 155-158, 170
Abdullah Effendi, chief of the Ulema
at Damascus, i. 469
Abdullah Muhtásib, history of, ii. [516]
Abdullah bin Nasib, a friend in need, i. 288, 313
Abercrombie, ii. [597]
Aberdare, Lord, at the Geographical
Congress at Venice, ii. [222], [223]
Abernethy, ii. [233]
Abingdon, i. 77; Sundays at, 78
Abraham, Walter, note from, i. 182
Abú Diráj, ii. [606]
Abyssinia, a royal salute in, i. 208
Acanny gold, fine quality of, i. 368
Accra, i. 371
Adelsberg Caves, the, ii. [26], [124], [347], [377], [378]
Aden, i. 201, 328; local jealousies at, 198;
ii. [60], [561]
Adige, river, ii. [2]
Adye, Sir John, ii. [310]
Afghan War, the, i. 94, 95; end of
the, 99, 137; 1838-39, ii. [535]
Afghanistan, our policy in, ii. [538], [539]
Africa, Burton and Speke's expedition
to, i. 257-327, 464, 465; ii. [38], [421]-[426],
[567]-[577]; differences between
them, i. 312-316, 389; ii. [14];
Colonel Grant's letter on, [421]; Lady
Burton's reply, [422]-[426]
——, explorers in the nineteenth century,
i. 271; qualifications necessary for, 287;
should go as traders, 300;
troubles of, 291, 302
——, food in West, ii. [264]
——, gold in West, and Burton's notes
on, i. 361-374; ii. [178], [179], [224],
[227], [230]
——, lakes in, authorities confused
the, i. 299
——, map of, sketch of, i. 254
——, East, natives of, Burton's account
of the, i. 260; ii. [578], [580]; suicide
amongst the, [581]; marriage amongst
the, [581], [582]; no constructive powers,
[582]; deficient in morality, [583];
savage rudeness of, [584], [585]; language
of the, [585]; religion of the,
[585], [586]; superstitions of the, [586]
——, native porters in, i. 265, 266; ii.
[571]
——, native tribes in, Batua, i. 367;
Botonga, gold-washing tribes of, 366;
Galla, 260; Kafir, 260; Kisáwáhili,
ii. [583]; Lake, i. 300; Masai, 260, 261,
263; Mnyanwezi, falsehoods of the,
ii. [579]; Somal, i. 260; Wabuha, 300:
Wadigo, 262; Waganda, ordeal
amongst the, ii. [587]; Wagogo (Wamasai), i.
289; Wáhha, 300; Wahuma
(Wamasai), 321; Wahumba, 286,
287, 289; Wajiji, 300; an account
of their country, 306; Wakamba,
260; Wakaránga, 300, 363 n.; Wakaguru,
284; Wakimbu, 297; Wakwati,
289; ordeal of meat in the, ii.
[587]; Wakwivi, i. 284; Wamasai, 318;
Wamrina, 292; Waníka, 260, 261;
Wanyamwezi, the donkey of the, 282,
289; the Caravan, 291, 292, 297,
363 n.; non-payment of porters of
the, ii. [422], [424]; will not enter a
house, [582]; voracity of the, [583]; trial
by poison among the, [587]; Warori,
i. 325; Warudi, 321; Warundi, a
warlike tribe, 303; Wasoga, 318;
Wasagara Mbumi, 285; Wasakuma,
319; Wasawahili, Caravan of free
men belonging to the, 291; Waségeju, 262;
Wasembára, 262; Washenzy,
262; Wasumbára, 260, 263;
Watatúru, 289, 300; Watúta, 298,
300; a warlike tribe, 306; Wavínza,
300, 307; Wazarámo, a fierce tribe,
292, 300; trial by ordeal amongst
the, ii. [587]; Wazegura, i. 263; a
village of the, 268; trial by ordeal
amongst the, ii. [587]
Africa, scenery in, i. 284
——, steamers in 1863, i. 376
——, wild men in, i. 267
Afzal Khan, ii. [522], [538]
Agbome, capital of Dahomè, i. 381
Agha Khan Mahallati, i. 145; ii. [76]
Agnosticism, Burton's, i. 546
Agra, i. 117
Agrippa, Cornelius, ii. [146]
Aguilar, Mrs. D', i. 68, 84
Ahmed el Sahhár, visions of Christ
vouchsafed to, i. 557, 558
Ahmed Khan, ii. [478], [479]
Ahriman, ii. [472]
Aigle, ii. [361]
Aimée, Mdlle., i. 439
Airey, General, i. 229
Akabah, Gulf of, ii. [55], [126]
Akim, gold in, i. 368, 371
Akkas, ii. [123], [124]; illustration of the, [123]
Akrabeh, i. 525
Aláh district, i. 515
Albania, the coast of, ii. [117]; the
future of, [511], [547], [552]
Albatross, i. 99
Alber, Baron D', ii. [53]
Alcazar in Brazil, i. 439
Aleppo, i. 525; inscription at, 526
Alexandretta, i. 594
Alexandria, Burton goes from, to Cairo
as a dervish, i. 171; school for native
girls in, ii. [79]; Burton attacked and
robbed in, [177]-[179]; City of,
[594]-[596]; bombardment of, [237];
police in, [597]
Alfieri, ii. [503]
Alford, Lady Marian, a kind friend, i.
379; a pleasant entertainment given
by, 593; ii. [135], [249], [331]; her
death, [356]
Algiers, ii. [391]; the City of, [393]
Ali Abdullah, ii. [61]
Ali bin Nasir, i. 260
Alison, Mr., i. 231, 243
Allen, Mr. Heron, ii. [296], [329]
Allen's Indian Mail on Burton, i. 182
Alligators at Pangany, i. 263
Ally Sloper sent a diploma to Lady
Burton for her "Arabian Nights," ii.
[344]; sent one to Sir Richard, [345]
Alma, battle of, i. 228
Alps, Carnian, ii. [15]
Alvarez attempts to destroy the body
of St. Francis Xavier, ii. [111]
Amayr bin Said el Shaksi, i. 321
Amazons of Dahomè, i. 383
Amberley, Lord, on supernaturalism,
ii. [142], [144]
Amir el Kebir, ii. [86]; his place, [89]
Ampthill, Lord, i. 231
Anatolia, ii. [551]
Anchieta of Brazil, ii. [461]
Anderson, H. T., letters to Burton on
behalf of the Government, ii. [565]-[567]
Andrassy, Count, ii. [501], [546]
Angst, Mr., ii. [400]
Animals, in Baroda, i. 109; at Pangany,
262-264; near the Usagara Mountains,
283, 288
Anjar, i. 506
Antar represents Julius Cæsar in Syria, i. 523
Anthropological discoveries, Burton's, ii. [27]
—— Institute, Burton lectures at the,
ii. [226]; Burton Vice-President of the, [311]
—— Society, dinner to Burton, given
by the, 1878, i. 398
Anti-Libanus, i. 498-501, 506; a second
visit to the, 520-524; incompleteness
of maps of the, 520
Antommarchi, cast of Napoleon ascribed
to, i. 6, 7, 9, 10
Ants, in the desert, i. 203, 265, 285;
poisonous, 288, 308; in Brazil, 428
Antwerp, i. 84
Appo, Chief, re gold in the Nánwá
Valley, ii. [230], [231]
Aquilea, Museum at, ii. [30]
Arab, merchant, Burton disguised as an,
i. 200, 201; women, 202, 472; merchants
in Africa, 289; hospitality,
290, 309 n.; travellers in the East,
291; accounts of Lake Nyanza, 317;
chiefs at Mgeta, 325; at Lagos, 359;
dances, 505; tents (illustration), ii.
[387]; Burton's account of the, [579];
treatment of slaves in Zanzibar, [588];
merchants ruined by their slaves, [589]
Arab Haddídin tribe, i. 525
Arábi, ii. [597], [598], [600], [601]; his history, [602]
Arabia, gold in, i. 362
"Arabian Nights," Burton commences
his edition of the, ii. [274], [296];
earlier editions of the, [283], [284];
lines by Swinburne to Burton on
his edition of the, [286]; Burton's
note on the, [285]; Press notices of
the, [287]-[290], [292], [617]-[627]; his own
notes to the, [291], [292]; published,
[294], [438], [440]; difficulties in preparing
the, [321], [323]; profit on the
publication of the, [338], [442]; Lady
Burton's edition of the, [357]
Arabic Library at Damascus, i. 481
Arabic unexpectedly spoken in London, i. 595
Arafat, i. 177, 185; ii. [467]
Arbuthnot, Mr. F. T., ii. [61], [62], [415]
Architecture, Bashan, in Syria, i. 515
Argélés, spring in, i. 58; Society in, 59
Argentine Republic, Burton visits the, i. 453
Argonaut, article on Burton from the, ii. [268]
Argyll, Duke of, i. 76
Arif Effendi, a Christian convert in Syria, i. 562
Aristotle, i. 191 n.; on theanthropism,
ii. [141], [469]
Arlberg, a dangerous journey over the, ii. [399]
Armanika, Sultan of Karágwah, i. 310
Armenia, ii. [548], [556]
Arnauts, the, ii. [592]
Arnold, Dr., i. 76, 80
Arnold, Sir Edwin and Lady, ii. [294];
death of Lady, [376]
Arthur, Colonel Sir George, i. 102
Arundell, Mr. Henry, approves of his
daughter's engagement and marriage,
i. 340, 343; his hospitality, ii. [160],
[257]; his illness, [293], [297]; his
politics, [298]; his death, [316], [322]
Arundell, Mrs., her children's esteem
for her, i. 332 n.; opposes her daughter's
engagement to Burton, 340; her
illness, 330, 332, 337, 341, 595; receives
Captain and Mrs. Burton, 343; her death, 597
Arundell, Jack, death of, i. 598
Arundell, Lord, i. 331
Ashantee, gold in, i. 368, 372; necessary
precautions in fighting the natives of, ii. [20]
Ashburton, Lady, ii. [21], [135]
Asses in Africa, i. 281, 282; suffer
from the ants, 288
Athenæum, Mrs. Burton's letters on
Burton's share in the discoveries in
Africa, i. 465; lines to R. Burton on
the "Arabian Nights" from the, ii. [286]
Atneh, i. 472
Aubertin, Mr., i. 420, 425, 434, 436;
ii. [135]; in Trieste, [250], [275], [276]
Auckland, Lord, i. 99, 131
Aumale, Duc d', i. 347
Aurungzeb, second royal possessor of
the Koh-i-noor, ii. [94]
Australia, gold in, i. 367; horse-breeding, 541
Austria, a child-murder in, i. 22 n.;
excursions in, ii. [167]; honour shown
to Sir Richard by, [416]-[418]; politics
in, [497], [498]; political health of,
1877, [500], [501]; Panslavism in, [501],
[509]; occupation of Bosnia by, [501],
[545], [546], [554]; wiser policy of, [507];
police in, [508]; a Triregno, [509], [546];
occupation of Herzegovina, [546],
[554]; a great Slav power, [546]; her
opponents, [555]
——, Emperor Joseph I., ii. [550]
——, Emperor of, ii. [24]; his popularity,
[25]; his stud, [30]; entertains
the English fleet, [217]; at Trieste,
[239]; visits Dalmatia, [546], [555]
——, Empress of, her loveliness, ii.
[24], [25]; gives Mrs. Burton her portrait, [365]
Austria, on board the, ii. [132]
Austria Hungary, Home rule in, ii, [304], [307]
Autobiography, a short, by R. Burton,
i. 151-158
Ayesha, ii. [77]
Aylonda Valley, the, i. 204
Aytoun, Mr., ii. [530]
Ayyah Shirdon, the, i. 216
Azoff, Sea of, i. 228
B
B's, the literary, 1878, ii. [135]
Ba'albak, i. 500, 501
Bacon on death, ii. [581]
Baddeley, Mr. St. Clair, ii. [236]
Badger, Dr. Percy, ii. [162], [356]
Badli system in Sind, i. 142
Baggs, Mr., i. 371
Bagnières de Bigorres, i. 55
Bagshaw, Robert, i. 4, 93, 231
Bahia, i. 418
Bahrain Talpur, legend of the murder of, ii. [491]
Bahr-el-Abiad, i. 313 n.
Bahret el Huleli, Waters of Merom, i. 509, 543.
Bain, Mr., i. 296 n.
Baines, Tuckey, i. 30
Bajee Ráo adopted Nana Sahib, ii. [83];
his war with the English, [84]; pagodas
in his palace, [84]
Baker, Mrs., Burton's grandmother, i.
23, 26, 27, 35, 67
Baker, Georgina, i. 19, 24, 25, 31, 67
Baker, Dr. Grenfell, joins Burton at
Trieste, ii. [351]; has an unpleasant
journey, [352], [361], [381]; with Burton,
[394], [406], [413], [415]; rescues
a robin, [409]; at Sir Richard's
funeral, [417]
Baker, Richard, jun., i. 16, 23
Baker, Sir Samuel, i. 457; his discoveries,
ii. [39]; rewards given to,
[47], [48]; on Rauf Pasha, [196], [197]
Baker, Colonel Valentine, ii. [310];
death of, [354]
Balaclava, i. 229, 230
Baldeza, Gonçales, i. 362
Ballarat, s.s., the, ii. [310]
Balliol College, i. 1840, 80
Balzac, i. 328, 329
Balzeny, the, i. 220, 221
Bancroft, Mrs., ii. [297]; at Davos, [404]
Bandora, journey from Bombay to, ii.
[62]; Society at, [62]
Banias, i. 509
Banyans, civility of the, i. 277
Barada, river of Damascus, i. 498
Baraguay d'Hilliers, General, i. 234
Barbacena, i. 440
Baretto, Francis, voyage of, sixteenth
century, i. 363-366
Barham House, i. 15
Bari and Isa, poem by Burton, ii. [67]
Baroch, i. 138
Baroda, 1842, sport in, i. 109; the
government of, 113, 114; English
Society in, 1842, 114; insects at,
122; City of, 136; races at, 137;
in the rainy season, 113, 137; gold
found near, 1840, 365; Burton's
visit to, 1876, ii. [63]
——, Gaikwar of, government of the,
i. 106, 134; sport at the Court of
the, 136; his treatment of peasants
who found gold, 365 n.
Baronetcy in the Burton family, i. 11, 13, 14
Barra, river, gold in the, i. 372, 422
Barras, description of Zumbo by, i. 365
Bashi-Bazouks, meaning of the word, i.
239; in a state of siege, 244, 245
Bashir Talkur, experiments on cures by
magic, ii. [150], [151]
Bassa, Burton's visits to, i. 439
Bassein, ii. [100], [102]
Bat, note on Captain Burton from the,
ii. [300]; note on his pension from
the, [328]; reviews of the "Arabian
Nights" from the, [617], [624]
Bates, H. W., i. 428; note to Burton on
the Geographical Congress in Venice, ii. [223]
Bath, meeting of the British Association,
i. 389, 405; ii. [425], [426]
Batoum, ii. [548], [556]
Battaglia, excursions from, ii. [36], [37]
Battus, i. 238, 241
Bayless, Mr., i. 460
Bayonet Exercise, his book on, i. 165,
166; ii. [11], [45]
Beaconsfield, Lord, i. 534 n.; on great
men, 571; at Hatfield, ii. [134]; views
on evolution, [142]; death of, [212]; a
pilgrimage to his grave, [236], [498]; on
Trieste, [555]
Beatrice, Princess, ii. [236]
Beatson, General, i. 230, 232, 235; his
career, 236; Burton on his Staff,
236, 240; ii. [12], [45]; his letter to
Lord Stratford, i. 239; his character,
239; leaves the Dardanelles, 245;
unfairly treated, 246, 247; end of the
trial of, 248; his death, 595
Beatson's Horse, i. 239, 240; triumph
of discipline amongst, 245
Beaumont, Lady Margaret, ii. [357]
Beauséjour, i. 18
Beaver, Captain Philip, i. 350
Bedawi, in the desert, i. 173, 175, 202,
205, 472-476; the hill tribes of the,
493, 494; blood-feud of the, 496;
women, 521; and Fellahín, 526;
camel-drivers, ii. [57]; their unusual
conduct in the murder of Palmer, ii, [612]
Bedawin Wuld Ali tribe, a visit to the, i. 512
Bedr Beg wounded, i. 494
Beke, Dr., i. 365, 367; on the Lunar
Mountains, 368; 406; on the Nile, 408
Belgians, the King of the, sent for Burton, ii. [176]
Bells in England, 1698, i. 77
Beloch chief, Burton's account of a visit
to a, ii. [480]-[495]
—— mercenaries, i. 243, 265, 269,
272; a —— tea-party, ii. [485]; dinner, [487], [488]
Belzoni, death of, i. 386
Benin, Burton's notes on, i. 360
Benjamin, tomb of, i. 528
Bennett Edwards, Mrs., on marriage, ii. [374]
Bentinck, Lord W., i. 17
Berberah, i. 198; value of, 199;
Burton at, 217, 219; Burton attacked
at, 220-223; 368; the Egyptians in,
ii. [60]; [561], [562]
Berberi tribes, the, i. 214
Berkeley, Major, i. 265; ii. [139], [465]
Berne, ii. [360]; a unique Swiss sword at, [375]
Bernhardt, Mdlle. Sara, ii. [224]
Berosus on Abraham, ii. [470]
Bertoldstein, ii. [121]
Bertrand, Count, i. 6, 8-10
Bertrand, Mme., and the cast of
Napoleon, i. 6, 7, 9, 10
Besant, Mr. Walter, on Palmer, ii. [609], [611]
Bethábara, i. 542
Beust, Count, ii. [500]
Beyrout, i. 573
Bhagi, the Bedawin, i. 201
Bhendi Bazar, Bombay, i. 100; ii. [61],
[69]; mixture of races in the, [101]
Bhit, ii. [493] n.; ode to the men of, [493]
Bhugang, Burton's favourite game-cock,
i. 145; death of, 159; ii. [66]; and
the cock-fight, [477]
Bianconi, i. 397
Bibi, the, i. 135
Bible, on slavery, i. 358; on Tadmor,
475; quotations from the Exodus,
ii. [209] n.; Ecclesiastes, [473]
Bight of Biafra, i. 385
Bird, Miss Alice, ii. [315]
Bird, Dr. G., i. 121, 122; the Burtons
marry from his house, 342; 363,
598; ii. [161]; in Venice, [174], [175], [332], [333]
Birds, in Baroda, i. 109, 110; Burton
saved in the desert by a, 215, 515; in
the Usagara Mountains, 283; near
the Makata, 285; in Brazil, 426
Birnie, Mr. R., i. 10
Birt, Mrs. Louisa, ii. [211]
Bishop, Miss, visits Mrs. Burton in
Trieste, ii. [189]-[271], [253]; meets her
at Maríenbad, [275]
Bismarck, i. 32; ii. [318], [497]; in
Cavour's place, [504]; on Italy and
Trieste, [504], [556]
Bitumen in Syria, i. 509
Black and White, note on Burton's
tomb from, ii. [419]
Blake, Dr., ii. [156]
Blake, Dr. Carter, ii. [29]
Blanc, Louis, i. 347
Blois, R. Burton's early life in, i. 33, 35
Bludan, village of, i. 498
Blyth, Mr. E., i. 145
Bodleian Library, Burton tries to borrow
a manuscript from the, ii. [323]
Boileau, Ensign, i. 97
Bokhara, ii. [538], [542]
——, Amir of, i. 114
Bologna, ii. [282]
Bolton, Sir J., ii. [331]
Bomba, King of Naples, and the
cholera, i. 51
Bombay, 1842, i. 100, 101, 120, 129;
routes from Baroda to, 120, 124, 132,
138; Society in, 1842, 102-104, 130-133;
Burton's visit to, 1876, ii. [59],
[61], [97], [98], [100]
Bombay Native Infantry, 18th, Burton's
brother officers in the, i. 106, 107,
110, 123, 134; moved to Sind, 124-126;
sent to Gharra, 128; marches to
Bahawalpur, 147
——, 29th, ii. [69]
——, 30th, ii. [69]
Bonnat, Mr., ii. [231]
Bonwick, Mr., ii. [140]
Boomerang, note on horse-breeding in
Australia from the, i. 541
Booth, General, ii. [409]
Bora, wind in Trieste, ii. [5], [18], [175],
[176], [340], [509]
Borneo, diamonds in, ii. [529], [530]
Bosman, Mr., letters on gold, i. 368-368
Bosnia, occupied by Austria, ii. [501],
[502] n., [506], [546], [554]; wealth of, [510]
Bosquet, General, i. 229
Bouira, ii. [391]
Boulogne, in 1850, i. 165; a cold
journey, ii. [51]
Bourbaki, i. 241
Bourke, Mr. Terence, ii. [388]
Boville, Mr., i. 247, 247 n.
Bowditch, i. 317
Boyd, Mr., i. 134
Braid, Dr. John, and hypnotism, ii. [144], [145]
Bramwell, Baron, i. 247
Brassy, Lieutenant, i. 143
Brazil, slaves in, i. 422; Mrs. Burton's
illness in, 423; storms in, 423, 429;
social life in, 423, 426; music in,