THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S. BY HIS WIFE, ISABEL BURTON. WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MAPS. _IN TWO VOLUMES._ VOL. II. LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD. 1893. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. TRIESTE--HIS FOURTH AND LAST CONSULATE. We meet by accident in Venice and go to Trieste--Richard as a "Celebrity at Home"--Articles by Alfred Bates Richards--Cicci--A wild race--Opçina--Trieste life--And environs--Rome and the Tiber--Vienna--The Imperial family--Fiume--_Castellieri_--Duino--Venice--Good-bye to Charley Drake--Excursions--Proselytizing--Richard is very ill--Charley Drake's death--Travelling for his health--The Nile on the _tapis_ again--My Arab girl goes home to be married--Gordon--Winwood Reade's death--K.C.B.--Meeting Mr. Gladstone--Incidents of London life--Excursions--More London life--Leave England. CHAPTER II. INDIA. Jeddah--Bazars of Jeddah--Experiences on a crowded pilgrim-ship--Bombay--Sind--Travelling in Sind--Richard's remarks on changes in Indian army--The Indian army--And Sind--The Muhárram--Richard's old Persian _moonshee_--Mátherán--Karla Caves. CHAPTER III. THE DECCAN. Hyderabad in the Deccan--Elephant riding--Ostrich race--Hospitality--Eastern hospitality at Hyderabad--Golconda--The famous Koh-i-noor--Regret at leaving the Deccan--Towers of Silence--Sects--The Hindu _Smáshán_--The Pinjrapole--Bhendi Bazar--Máhábáleshwar--Goa and West India--Life there--What to see--The Inquisition--Xavier's death--The Inquisition perishes--Sea journey to Suez--After a stay in Egypt, to Trieste. CHAPTER IV. A QUIET TIME AT TRIESTE. Delightful Trieste life--Henri V. of France--Bertoldstein--Midian--Akkas--Waiting and working--I go out to join him--Richard's triumphant return--We go home--The British Association for Science--Society and amusement. CHAPTER V. SPIRITUALISM. Spiritualism--A memorable meeting on the subject--Richard's lecture--Some very amusing and instructive speeches--Interesting discussions--And letters. CHAPTER VI. ON LEAVE IN LONDON. A remarkable visit--On leave in London--We leave London--I get a bad fall--The Austrian Scientific Congress--A ghost story--Excursions--Richard sends me home to a bone-setter--Richard meets with foul play--Camoens--A little anecdote about a Capuchin--The Passion Play--Ober-Ammergau--Celebrating a Vice-Consul's jubilee--Monfalcone--Richard's metal and colour. CHAPTER VII. ON SLAVERY. Richard's three letters to Lord Granville--His application to be made Slave-Commissioner--How to deal with the slave scandal in Egypt. CHAPTER VIII. TRIESTE LIFE AGAIN. Duino--Our Squadron--Our Squadron leaves--We go to Veldes--We part company--I am sent to Maríenbad--The Scientific Congress at Venice--Life and incidents of Trieste--Gold in West Africa--Mining--African mines. CHAPTER IX. ANOTHER SHORT LEAVE TO LONDON.