BY HENRY BLANC, M.D.,
M.R.C.S.E., F.A.S.L., ETC.,
STAFF ASSISTANT-SURGEON HER MAJESTY'S BOMBAY ARMY,
(LATELY ON SPECIAL DUTY IN ABYSSINIA.)
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
The Emperor Theodore - His Rise and Conquests - His Army
and Administration - Causes of his Fall - His Personal
Appearance and Character - His Household and Private Life
CHAPTER II.
Europeans in Abyssinia - Bell and Plowden - Their Career and
Deaths - Consul Cameron - M. Lejean - M. Bardel and Napoleon's Answer
to Theodore - The Gaffat People - Mr. Stern and the Djenda Mission - State
of Affairs at the End of 1863
CHAPTER III.
Imprisonment of Mr. Stern - Mr. Kerans arrives with Letters and
Carpet - Cameron, with his Followers, is put in Chains - M. Bardel
returns from the Soudan - Theodore's Dealings with Foreigners - The
Coptic Patriarch - Abdul Rahman Bey - The Captivity of the Europeans
explained
CHAPTER IV.
News of Cameron's Imprisonment reaches Home - Mr. Rassam is selected
to proceed to the Court of Gondar, and is accompanied by Dr.
Blanc - Delays and Difficulties in communicating with Theodore - Description
of Massowah and its Inhabitants - Arrival of a Letter from the Emperor
CHAPTER V.
From Massowah to Kassala - The Start - The Habab - Adventures of M.
Marcopoli - The Beni Amer - Arrival at Kassala - The Nubian Mutiny - Attempt
of De Bisson to found a Colony in the Soudan
CHAPTER VI.
Departure from Kassala - Sheik Abu Sin - Rumours of Theodore's Defeat
by Tisso Gobaze - Arrival at Metemma - Weekly Market - The Takruries
at Drill - Their Foray into Abyssinia - Arrival of Letters from Theodore
CHAPTER VII.
