A Narrative Of Captivity In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Late Emperor Theodore, His Country And People By Henry Blanc
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Entrance Into Abyssinia - Altercation Between Takruries And Abyssinians
At Wochnee - Our Escort And Bearers - Applications For Medicine - First
Reception By His Majesty - The Queen's Letter Translated And Presents
Delivered - Accompany His Majesty Through Metsha - His Conversation
_En Route_
CHAPTER VIII.
Leave the Emperor's Camp for Kourata - The Tana Sea - The Abyssinian
Navy - The Island of Dek - Arrival at Kourata - The Gaffat People and
former Captives join us - Charges preferred against the Latter - First
Visit to the Emperor's Camp at Zage - Flattery before Coercion
CHAPTER IX.
Second Visit to Zage - Arrest of Mr. Rassam and the English Officers
- Charges brought against Mr. Rassam - The former Captives are brought
in Chains to Zage - Public Trial - Reconciliation - Mr. Flad's Departure
- The Imprisonment at Zage - Departure for Kourata
CHAPTER X.
Second Residence at Kourata - Cholera and Typhus break out in the
Camp - The Emperor resolves to march to Debra Tabor - Arrival at
Gaffat - The Foundry transformed into a Palace - Political Trial at
Debra Tabor - The Black Tent - Dr. Blanc and Mr. Rosenthal seized at
Gaffat - Another Public Trial - The Black Hole - March with the Emperor
to Aibankab - Sent to Magdala, and Arrival at the Amba
CHAPTER XI.
Our first House at Magdala - The Chief has a "little Business" with
us - Feelings of a European when being put in Chains - The Operation
described - The Prisoners' Toilette - How we Lived - Our first Messenger
a Failure - How we obtained Money and Letters - A Magdala Diary - A
Rainy Season in a Godjo
CHAPTER XII.
Description of Magdala - Climate and Water Supply - The Emperor's
Houses - His Harem and Magazines - The Church - Prison-house - Guards
and Gaol - Discipline - A previous Visit of Theodore to Magdala - Slaughter
of the Gullas - Character and Antecedents of Samuel - Our friends,
Zenab the Astronomer, and Meshisha the Lute-player - Day Guards - We
build new Huts - Abyssinian and Portuguese Servants - Our Inclosure
is enlarged
CHAPTER XIII.
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