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A sketch of the career of Richard F. Burton.
A sketch of the career of Richard F Burton Author:Alfred Bate Richards, Andrew Wilson, Clair Baddeley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: up and down the coast, suffering from wounds, hunger and thirst. They met; left the natives to sack their property; but, carrying off the dead body of their comr... more »ade, they were at last picked up by a native dhow, or boat. The severe nature of Lieutenant Burton's wounds compelled his return to England. Having read an account of his explorations before the Royal Geographical Society, and published " First Footsteps in East Africa," he again left his native land, this time bound for the Crimea, and landed at Balaklava. In the Crimea he was employed as Chief of the Staff of Irregular Cavalry, of which indeed he was the principal organizer; and, at the moment of their disbanding, 4000 sabres were in perfect training, ready to do anything and to go anywhere. He also, by the order of General Beatson, volunteered to Lord Stratford de Red- cliffe to convoy any amount of provision for the relief of Kars. But Kars was already doomed, and the offer only excited official wrath. It was the terrible mistake of over-zeal. General Beatson and his Staff were compelled, by complication of small intrigues, to resign, and the subject of this memoir returned to England. Lord Palmerston was going to send Captain Burton to raise a lar"-e bodv of Kurdish Horse to attack Georgia and aid - - ;- ) w i-l Circassia, when peace was proclaimed. When Captain Burton was at Constantinople, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, whose fervent disciple and great admirer Burton was, had set his heart upon personally communicating, by a trusty messenger, with Schamyl, of patriotic fame. Accordingly, Lord Napier and Ettrick wascommissioned to sound Burton about a secret expedition to the Moslem's head-quarters. He was delighted with the prospect, and laid before them his plans, and showed them where obstacles would ...« less