First footsteps in East Africa

By: Francis, Richard

Book Excerpt: 46th Regiment Bengal N. I., who had spent many yearscollecting the Fauna of Thibet and the Himalayan mountains, volunteered toshare the hardships of African exploration.In October 1854, the writer and his companions received at Aden in Arabiathe sanction of the Court of Directors. It was his intention to march in abody, using Berberah as a base of operations, westwards to Harar, andthence in a south-easterly direction towards Zanzibar.But the voice of society at Aden was loud against the expedition. Therough manners, the fierce looks, and the insolent threats of the Somal--the effects of our too peaceful rule--had pre-possessed the timid colonyat the "Eye of Yemen" with an idea of extreme danger. The Anglo-Saxonspirit suffers, it has been observed, from confinement within any butwooden walls, and the European degenerates rapidly, as do his bull-dogs, his game-cocks, and other pugnacious animals, in the hot, enervating, andunhealthy climates of the East. The writer and his comrades werereprRead Mor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798713949624
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"