SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS WITH NOTES ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY

By Richard F. Burton

VOLUME SIX

Privately Printed By The Burton Club



CONTENTS

Original Table of Contents of the Sixteenth Volume.
The Translator's Foreword.
THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
The Say of Haykar the Sage.[6]
THE HISTORY OF AL-BUNDUKANI OR, THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAUGHTER OF KING KISRA.
THE LINGUIST-DAME, THE DUENNA AND THE KING'S SON.
THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.
THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF THE COCK AND THE FOX.
HISTORY OF WHAT BEFEL THE FOWL-LET WITH THE FOWLER
THE TALE OF ATTAF.
NOTE ON THE TALE OF ATTAF.
THE TALE OF ATTAF.
HISTORY OF PRINCE HABIB AND WHAT BEFEL HIM WITH THE LADY DURRAT AL-GHAWWAS.
THE HISTORY OF DURRAT AL-GHAWWAS.
NOTE ON THE HISTORY OF HABIB
APPENDIX.
NOTES ON THE STORIES CONTAINED IN VOLUME XVI. By W. F. Kirby.
The Say of Haykar the Sage (Pp.1-30).
The History of Al-Bundukani (Pp. 31-68).
The Linguist-dame, the Duenna, and the King's Son (Pp. 69-87).
The Tale of the Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad (Pp. 95-112).
History of What Befel the Fowl-let with the Fowler (Pp. 119-128).
The Tale of Attaf (Pp. 129-170).
History of Prince Habib, and What Befel Him with the Lady Durrat Al-Ghawwas (Pp. 171-201).
INDEX TO THE TALES, AND PROPER NAMES, TOGETHER WITH ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF NOTES IN VOLUMES XI. TO XVI.
VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF SOME OF THE TALES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS.
ADDITIONAL NOTES. BY W. A. CLOUSTON.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS.
Zotenberg's Work on Aladdin and on Various Manuscripts of the Nights.
STORY OF THE THREE PRINCES AND THE GENIUS MORHAGIAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS.
CAZOTTE'S CONTINUATION, AND THE COMPOSITE EDITIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRINTED TEXTS
COLLECTIONS OF SELECTED TALES
IMITATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS HAVING MORE OR LESS CONNECTION WITH THE NIGHTS
SEPARATE EDITIONS OF SINGLE OR COMPOSITE TALES
TRANSLATION OF COGNATE ORIENTAL ROMANCES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NIGHTS
ADDITIONAL NOTE TO SUPPL. VOL. V.
THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOK AND ITS REVIEWERS REVIEWED.
TO RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON.
THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOK AND ITS REVIEWERS REVIEWED.
THE ENGINEERING OF THE WORK.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
ARABIAN NIGHTS, VOLUME 16 FOOTNOTES





TWO TRIPS TO GORILLA LAND AND THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGO

By Richard F. Burton.

Vol. I. of Two Volumes

London: 1876



CONTENTS

Preface.
PART I. — The Gaboon River and Gorilla Land.
Part I. — Trip to Gorilla Land.
Chapter I. — Landing at the Rio Gabão (Gaboon River).—le Plateau, the French Colony
Chapter II. — The Departure.—the Tornado.—arrival at "The Bush."
Chapter III. — Geography of the Gaboon.
Chapter IV.— The Minor Tribes and the Mpongwe.
Chapter V.— To Sánga-Tánga and Back.
Chapter VI. — Village Life in Pongo-land.
Chapter VII.— Return to the River.
Chapter VIII. — Up the Gaboon River.
Chapter IX. — A Specimen Day with the Fán Cannibals.
Chapter X. — To the Mbíka (Hill); the Sources of the Gaboon.—Return to the
Chapter XI. — Mr., Mrs., and Master Gorilla.
Chapter XII. — Corisco—"Home" to Fernando Po.
FOOTNOTES





TWO TRIPS TO GORILLA LAND AND THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGO

By Richard F. Burton.

Vol. II. of Two Volumes

London: 1876

CONTENTS

PART II. — The Cataracts of the Congo.
Part II. — The Cataracts of the Congo.
Chapter I. — From Fernando Po to Loango Bay.—the German Expedition.
Chapter II. — To São Paulo De Loanda.
Chapter III. — The Festival—a Trip to Calumbo—portuguese Hospitality.
Chapter IV. — The Cruise along Shore—the Granite Pillar of Kinsembo.
Chapter V. — Into the Congo River.—the Factories.—trip to Shark's Point.—the Padrão and Pinda.
Chapter VI. — Up the Congo River.—the Slave Depot, Porto Da Lenha.—arrival at Boma.
Chapter VII. — Boma.—our Outfit for the Interior
Chapter VIII. — A Visit to Banza Chisalla.
Chapter IX. — Up the Congo to Banza Nokki.
Chapter X. — Notes on the Nzadi or Congo River.
Chapter XI. — Life at Banza Nokki.
Chapter XII. — Preparations for the March.
Chapter XIII. — The March to Banza Nkulu.
Chapter XIV. — The Yellala of the Congo.
Chapter XV. — Return to the Congo Mouth.
Chapter XVI. — The Slaver and the Missionary in the Congo River.
Chapter XVII. — Concluding Remarks.
Appendix
FOOTNOTES





THE LAND OF MIDIAN (Revisited)

By Richard F. Burton

Vol. I. of two Volumes.

CONTENTS

PREFACE.
Section 1.
PART I. — The March Through Madyan Proper (North Midian).
Chapter I. — Preliminary—from Trieste to Midian.
Chapter II. — The Start—from El-muwaylah to the "White Mountain" and 'Aynúah.
Chapter III. — Breaking New Ground to Magháir Shu'ayb.
Chapter IV. — Notices of Precious Metals in Midian—the Papyri and the Mediæval Arab Geographers.
Chapter V.— Work At, and Excursions From, Magháir Shu'Ayb.
Chapter VI. — To Makná, and Our Work There—the Magáni or Maknáwis.
Chapter VII. — Cruise from Maknáto El-'Akabah.
NOTE ON THE SUPPLIES TO BE BOUGHT AT EL-'AKABAH.
Chapter VIII. — Cruise from El-'Akabah to El-Muwaylah—the Shipwreck Escaped--Résumé of the Northern Journey.
Part II. — The March Through Central and Eastern Midian.
Chapter IX. — Work in and Around El-Muwaylah.
Chapter X. — Through East Midian to the Hismá.
FOOTNOTES





THE LAND OF MIDIAN (Revisited)

By Richard F. Burton

Vol. II. of Two Volumes.

1879



CONTENTS

PART II. — The March Through Central and Eastern Midian. (Continued.)
Chapter XI. — The Unknown Lands South of the Hismá-Ruins of Shuwák and Shaghab.
Chapter XII. —From Shaghab to Zibá—ruins of El-Khandakí' and Umm Ámil—the Turquoise Mine-Return to El-Muwaylah.
Chapter XIII. — A Week Around and upon the Shárr Mountain-Résumé of the March
Chapter XIV. — Down South—to El-Wijh-Notes on the Quarantine—the Hutaym Tribe.
Chapter XV. — The Southern Sulphur-hill—the Cruise to El-Haurá—Notes on the
Chapter XVI. — Our Last March—the Inland Fort—Ruins of the Gold-mines at Umm El-Karáyát and Umm El-Haráb.
Chapter XVII. — The March Continued to El-Badá-Description of the Plain Badais.
Chapter XVIII. — Coal a "Myth"—March to Marwát—Arrival at the Wady Hamz.
Chapter XIX. — The Wady Hamz—the Classical Ruin—Abá'l-Marú, the Mine of
Résumé of Our Last Journey.
Conclusion.
FOOTNOTES:





THE KASÎDAH OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎ

By Richard Burton

Translated And Annotated By Hs Friend And Pupil, F.B.



CONTENTS

TO THE READER
THE KASÎDAH
NOTES
NOTE I
NOTE II
CONCLUSION





TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD

A Personal Narrative

By Richard F. Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron

In Two Volumes—Vol. I.



CONTENTS

PREFACE.
TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD.
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY: TRIESTE TO LISBON.
CHAPTER II. FROM LISBON TO MADEIRA.
CHAPTER III. A FORTNIGHT AT MADEIRA.
CHAPTER IV. MADEIRA (continued)—CHRISTMAS—SMALL INDUSTRIES—
CHAPTER V. TO TENERIFE, LA LAGUNA, AND OROTAVA.
CHAPTER VI. THE ROUTINE ASCENT OF MOUNT ATLAS, THE 'PIKE' OF TENERIFE.
CHAPTER VII. THE SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE REPULSE OF NELSON FROM SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE.
CHAPTER VIII. TO GRAND CANARY—LAS PALMAS, THE CAPITAL.
CHAPTER IX. THE COCHINEAL—THE 'GALLO'—CANARY 'SACK'—ADIEU TO THE CANARIES.
CHAPTER X. THE RUINED RIVER-PORT AND THE TATTERED FLAG.
CHAPTER XI. SIERRA LEONE: THE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.





TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD

A Personal Narrative

By Richard F. Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron

In Two Volumes—Vol. II.



CONTENTS

TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD.
CHAPTER XII. — THE SÁ LEONITE AT HOME AND ABROAD.
CHAPTER XIII. — FROM SÁ LEONE TO CAPE PALMAS.
CHAPTER XIV. — FROM CAPE PALMAS TO AXIM.
CHAPTER XV. — AXIM, THE GOLD PORT OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER XVI. — GOLD ABOUT AXIM, ESPECIALLY AT THE APATIM OR BUJIÁ CONCESSION.
CHAPTER XVII. — THE RETURN—VISIT TO KING BLAY; ATÁBO AND BÉIN.
CHAPTER XVIII. — THE IZRAH MINE—THE IKYOKO CONCESSION—THE RETURN TO AXIM.
CHAPTER XIX. — TO PRINCE'S RIVER AND BACK.
CHAPTER XX. — FROM AXIM TO INGOTRO AND AKANKON.
CHAPTER XXI. — TO TUMENTO, THE 'GREAT CENTRAL DEPÔT.'
CHAPTER XXII. — TO INSIMANKÁO AND THE BUTABUÉ RAPIDS.
CHAPTER XXIII. — TO EFFUENTA, CROCKERVILLE, AND THE AJI BIPA HILL.
CHAPTER XXIV. — TO THE MINES OF ABOSU, OF THE 'GOLD COAST,' AND OF THE TÁKWÁ
CHAPTER XXV. — RETURN TO AXIM AND DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE.
CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX I
§1. THE ASHANTI SCARE.
§2. THE LABOUR-QUESTION IN WESTERN AFRICA.
§3. GOLD-DIGGING IN NORTH-WESTERN AFRICA.
APPENDIX II. — PART I. — LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN
INDEX.





VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE

By Sir Richard F. Burton

Edited by his Wife Isabel Burton



CONTENTS

PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST (1870) EDITION.
INTRODUCTION
VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE
THE VAMPIRE’S FIRST STORY In which a man deceives a woman.
THE VAMPIRE’S SECOND STORY Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women.
THE VAMPIRE’S THIRD STORY Of a High-minded Family.
THE VAMPIRE’S FOURTH STORY Of A Woman Who Told The Truth.
THE VAMPIRE’S FIFTH STORY Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept.
THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY In Which Three Men Dispute about a Woman.
THE VAMPIRE’S SEVENTH STORY Showing the Exceeding Folly of Many Wise Fools.
THE VAMPIRE’S EIGHTH STORY Of the Use and Misuse of Magic Pills.
THE VAMPIRE’S NINTH STORY Showing That a Man’s Wife Belongs Not to His Body but to His Head.
THE VAMPIRE’S TENTH STORY [168] Of the Marvellous Delicacy of Three Queens.
THE VAMPIRE’S ELEVENTH STORY Which Puzzles Raja Vikram.
FOOTNOTES





VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE, OR TALES OF HINDU DEVILRY

ILLUSTRATED

Adapted By Richard F. Burton, F.R.G.S. &c.



CONTENTS.

Transcriber's note
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations


PAGE
INTRODUCTION. 1
THE VAMPIRE'S FIRST STORY.
IN WHICH A MAN DECEIVES A WOMAN. 54
THE VAMPIRE'S SECOND STORY.
OF THE RELATIVE VILLANY OF MEN AND WOMEN. 97
THE VAMPIRE'S THIRD STORY.
OF A HIGH-MINDED FAMILY. 140
THE VAMPIRE'S FOURTH STORY.
OF A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH. 156
THE VAMPIRE'S FIFTH STORY.
OF THE THIEF WHO LAUGHED AND WEPT. 167
THE VAMPIRE'S SIXTH STORY.
IN WHICH THREE MEN DISPUTE ABOUT A WOMAN. 190
THE VAMPIRE'S SEVENTH STORY.
SHOWING THE EXCEEDING FOLLY OF MANY WISE FOOLS. 209
THE VAMPIRE'S EIGHTH STORY.
OF THE USE AND MISUSE OF MAGIC PILLS. 238
THE VAMPIRE'S NINTH STORY.
SHOWING THAT A MAN'S WIFE BELONGS NOT TO HIS BODY BUT TO HIS HEAD. 267
THE VAMPIRE'S TENTH STORY.
OF THE MARVELLOUS DELICACY OF THREE QUEENS. 285
THE VAMPIRE'S ELEVENTH STORY.
WHICH PUZZLES RAJA VIKRAM. 290
CONCLUSION. 307


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

DURING THE THREE HOURS OF RETURN HARDLY A WORD PASSED BETWEEN THE PAIR. Frontispiece
HE WAS PLAYING UPON A HUMAN SKULL WITH TWO SHANK BONES. p. 43
HE ONCE MORE SEIZED THE BAITAL'S HAIR. 48
WENT UP TO HER WITH POLITE SALUTATIONS. To face 65
HAVING SAID THIS, HE THREW ONE OF THE SWEETMEATS TO THE DOG. To face 85
MOUNTING THEIR HORSES, FOLLOWED THE PARTY. 93
HE DISMISSED THE PALANQUIN-BEARERS. 117
HE SET OUT ALONE WITH HIS ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH. To face 118
THE KING, PUFFING WITH FURY, FOLLOWED HIM AT THE TOP OF HIS SPEED, AND CAUGHT HIM BY HIS TAIL. To face 139
IN THE MEANTIME A TRAVELLER, A RAJPUT, BY NAME BIRBAL. 143
THE BAITAL DISAPPEARED THROUGH THE DARKNESS. To face 165
AS, HOWEVER, HE PASSED THROUGH A BACK STREET. To face 170
AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE SIGNAL WAS ANSWERED. 173
THE TWO THEN RAISED, BY THEIR UNITED EFFORTS, A HEAVY TRAP-DOOR. To face 174
TREADING WITH THE FOOT OF A TIGER-CAT. 177
THE KING WAS CUNNING AT FENCE, AND SO WAS THE THIEF. To face 179
PRESENTLY THE DEMON WAS TRUSSED UP AS USUAL. 188
BAMAN, THE SECOND SUITOR, TIED UP A BUNDLE AND FOLLOWED. 198
MEANWHILE MADHUSADAN, THE THIRD, BECAME A JOGI. 199
THE HOUSEHOLDER'S WIFE CAME TO SERVE UP THE FOOD, RICE AND SPLIT PEAS. To face 203
MADHUSADAN PROCEEDED TO MAKE HIS INCANTATIONS, DESPITE TERRIBLE SIGHTS IN THE AIR. To face 205
VIKRAM PLACED HIS BUNDLE UPON THE GROUND, AND SEATED HIMSELF CROSS-LEGGED BEFORE IT. To face 207
THEY TRIED TO LIVE WITHOUT A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE, AND NOTABLY THEY FAILED. 223
AN EDIFYING SPECTACLE, INDEED, FOR THE WORLD TO SEE: A CROSS OLD MAN SITTING AMONGST HIS GALLIPOTS AND CRUCIBLES. To face 228
THE BONE THEREUPON STOOD UPRIGHT, AND HOPPED ABOUT. 230
THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR TASK. 234
WITH A ROAR LIKE THUNDER. To face 235
BUT THEIR EYES HAD MET. 241
AS THEY EMERGED UPON THE PLAIN, THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE KIRATAS. To face 277
THEN A HORRID THOUGHT FLASHED ACROSS HER MIND; SHE PERCEIVED HER FATAL MISTAKE. To face 279
THERE HE FOUND THE JOGI. 310
AS HE BENT HIM DOWN TO SALUTE THE GODDESS. 317
TAILPIECE. 319