First footsteps in East Africa

Introduction. Preface. I. Departure from Aden.

II. Life in Zayla.

III. Excursions near Zayla.

IV. The Somal, their origin and peculiarities.

V. From Zayla to the hills.

VI. From the Zayla hills to the Marar prairie.

VII. From the Marar prairie to Harar.

VIII. Ten days at Harar.

IX. A ride to Berberah.

X. Berberah and its environs. Postscripts. Appendix I. Diary and observations made by Lieut. Speke, when attempting to reach the Wady Nogal. Appendix II. Meteorological observations in the cold season of 1854-55, by Lieut. Herne, Stroyan, and Burton. Appendix III. A condensed account of an attempt to reach Harar from Ankobar, by William Barker.