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The Emperor Theodore—His Rise and Conquests—His Armyand Administration—Causes of his Fall—His PersonalAppearance and Character—His Household and Private Life
Europeans in Abyssinia—Bell and Plowden—Their Career andDeaths—Consul Cameron—M. Lejean—M. Bardel and Napoleon's Answerto Theodore—The Gaffat People—Mr. Stern and the Djenda Mission—Stateof Affairs at the End of 1863
Imprisonment of Mr. Stern—Mr. Kerans arrives with Letters andCarpet—Cameron, with his Followers, is put in Chains—M. Bardelreturns from the Soudan—Theodore's Dealings with Foreigners—TheCoptic Patriarch—Abdul Rahman Bey—The Captivity of the Europeansexplained
News of Cameron's Imprisonment reaches Home—Mr. Rassam is selectedto proceed to the Court of Gondar, and is accompanied by Dr.Blanc—Delays and Difficulties in communicating with Theodore—Descriptionof Massowah and its Inhabitants—Arrival of a Letter from the Emperor
From Massowah to Kassala—The Start—The Habab—Adventures of M.Marcopoli—The Beni Amer—Arrival at Kassala—The Nubian Mutiny—Attemptof De Bisson to found a Colony in the Soudan
Departure from Kassala—Sheik Abu Sin—Rumours of Theodore's Defeatby Tisso Gobazé—Arrival at Metemma—Weekly Market—The Takruriesat Drill—Their Foray into Abyssinia—Arrival of Letters from Theodore
Entrance into Abyssinia—Altercation between Takruries and Abyssiniansat Wochnee—Our Escort and Bearers—Applications for Medicine—FirstReception by his Majesty—The Queen's Letter translated and Presentsdelivered—Accompany his Majesty through Metsha—His Conversationen route
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 Zagé—Flattery before Coercion
Second Visit to Zagé—Arrest of Mr. Rassam and the English Officers
—Charges brought against Mr. Rassam—The former Captives are brought
in Chains to Zagé—Public Trial—Reconciliation—Mr. Flad's Departure
—The Imprisonment at Zagé—Departure for Kourata
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. Bl