The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-01-03

the English-speaklng world. One ]Oul
tney ended, Burton at once began pIar
, Ening another, aud his next venture wa
kthe undertaking to explore easter
Africa. passing thereto through th
Moslern regions Of Abyssinia. AS h
passed an examination in Mohammedal
HtheologY. when about starting fo
Ne cca, 80 now he presented himself be
fore the proper pers ons to be adjudgct
Iprofcient In Arabic. To his surprisI
land disgust he was pronounced Duf1t
Ebut SO cOlfident was the man of hi
Town capabilities, he refused to abide b!
the decision of his examiners. and sen
their questions and his answers to ;
Higher board, which at once declared
that the examiners who had rejected
Ihlm were unqualified for the positions
lAhey held. at the same time sending him
1.-The diploma be coveted. 1t was on this
Iexpedition that Captain Burton fell in
Ewlth Captain Speke, who accompanied
Ehim to eastern Africa. The undertak
Ling was a verv haz ardous one, and the
two adventurers had to guard them.
selyes against constantly recurring per.
ills. One attack ou the expedition by
the natives resulted in the serious
sWounding Of both. The expedition
Eproved a success, however, and 1t had a
good dea! to do with the peace which
tEngiand concluded with the tribesmen
subsequently.
n These two expeditions were made
I}whiIe Barton was still wearer of the
British uniform, as was also the jour
|.ney which, i1 company with Captain
Speke, he undertook in 1855 for the ex-
| ploration of Lake Tanganylka, and
! which covered the length Of three
years Returning from that trip, he
| secured leave of absence for while.
aed spent his vacation in visiting this
country. going as far westward as che
Pacific ocean and spending consider
able time at Sslt Lake City. Going
back to England, he resigned his com
mission in the army, and became an
applicant for consular post. The
manner in which he secured an ap-
pOintment in this line of the service
Was described year or two ago by a
writer in New York daily as follows:
Burton had married Miss Arundel.
one Of the Arundells Of Wardour. after
courtship OF eight years. Both of
them were equally untrouDled with the
cares attending the possession of an un-
due proportion of this worlds goods,
and the profession of traveller, though
all very we'll for batchei0r. has not vet
recommended itself to marrying men
However, Captain Burton was of all
men the least likely to be stopped BY
difficulties, and after having taken
eight years to overcome the obstacles
raised by church and family, Miss Ar
undell and he were married. The ad-
venturous bride then waited on her
friend, Lord Russell, at the foreign Of
! flee, with the satisfactory assurance
that unless his lord ship did something
for them, she and her husband would
starve. Lord Russell no doubt recog-
n1zed. as did all the world. that Cap
tain Burton had considerable claim On
his couttry, and he promised his wife
that her husband should have consu
late, adding that ne must accept what
ever was off ,red him" This informa'
| tion served to inform the doughty cap
tain that he need not expect much,
and, surely enough. he found himself
billeted for Fernando Pc, an out or-the.
way place on the lower African coast.
To nlost office seekers such an ap
pointment would have been very dis
tasteful; Burton, however. saw in it an
excellent opp ,rtuuiJy Of indulging his
travelling propensities With his plucky
wife, be lost no time in proceeding to
Fernando 70, where he was not long in
discovering that his consular duties
would not demand much of his time.
His jurisdiction covered an era of about
600 miles. aud he at once travelled oyer
the entire district and made many jour
neys into the interior. His spare time
was devoted to the writing of books,
a0d thus three years went bv, during
which the yenturesome consult visited
many places where the face of an Euro
pean had seldom been seen before.
His consulate in Africa came to an end
about 1865. when he was sent on mis-
sion to the King of Dahomey; after
completing this errand successfully, he
was appointed consul at Satos, IN Brazil.
In South American Consul Burton
showed himself the same venturous
spirit he had been in Africa. From his
consular post he made many runs into
adj AGENT countries, reporting to his
government much valuable information.
aud crossing the Andes to Peru and
Chilli. From Brazil he was, in few
years. recalled and sent by the toreigh
Office to Damascus, where he stayed
until the consulate there was reduced