The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

tnenanfaia with hia sSeftlons. Tho htog.
rapher points out. however, that ~ wae
In Sind that tho future hpcame written
on his forehead; In sind that he hogan 10
collect the amazing mas ~ strange mate
rails which made possible his edition of
The Arabian Nights
We have brought Richard Burton to his
twenty. ninth year. and we have marked
the stages ~ his preparation for what was
10 he the main busireas ~ his life. That II
q part n his story which In Indispensable
10 q comprehension ~ the man, hut about
about which relatively little has hitherto
been known. We cannot be expected 20 well
at equal len 9Th on the more familiar part of
his career. We note that much Of the year
1850 was spent at bennington and Dover,
and that in 1851 Burton, accompanied by
his brother Edward, crossed TO Boulogne.
where he prepared for publication his books
on Goa "Scinde," "Falcorry In the
Valley Of the Indus and "Bayonet Exer-
cises.' Love was soon 10 mingle with
literature, but az yet without any thought
Of marriage, for he was still only a lieuten-
ant III the NtTNlCt VI tft tth h'ii Noil-
pany. and his prospects were not rosy
II was during his stay at Boulogne, how
ever, that he frat saw the handsome girl
who, ten years later, became his wife
Isabel, daughter Of Mr.. Henry Raymond
Arundel. She was the eldest child Of a
very large family. and, at this period Of
her life is thus d~esotibed by the biog-
rapher: Just 20, fair, with yards Of
golden hair. dark blue eyes and a queenly
manner, Isabel Arundel everywhere at
tracted attention. No portrait, 1t was said,
ever did justice to her virginia. beauty.
When she wa in any company, you could
look at no one else The charm Of her
manner exceeded even the graces of her
person, but her education vas defective,
and she was amusingly superstitious. She
could be heard saving at every turn; This
is q good omen; that a bad one; oh, shock
ing; the spoons are crossed Though
not themselves rich the Arundells were Of
noble lineage and had rich and influential
relatives who prided themselves on being
old English Catholics.' Among Miss
Arundell's ancestors was Henry, sixth Lord
Arundel Of wardour; her grandfather
and the ninth lord were brothers, and her
mOLleTs Wdb 'slttSI W bol' ~
two seem to have fallen in love at first sight.
but, as we have said, their marriage was not
to take place for a decade. ....
We have seen that Burton, even before
he left Sind for England, had burned to
visit Mecca. Having obtained a twelve
months furlough, in order that he might
pursue his Arabic studies in lands where
the &c is best learned he decided
in emulation Of Burckhardt, the great
traveller, to visit Medina and Mecca in the
disguise OF a pilgrim, a feat that only the
most venturesome Of men would have
dared even to dream Of. He made every
conceivable preparation, learning, among
other things, how to forge horseshoes and
10 shoe a horse. Once more he had the
keen pleasure Of putting on disguise.
Richard F. Burton ceased to be, and a mus
cular and powerful Mira Abdullah OF
Bushire took his place. He wore long hair
and Oriental costume, and his face and limbs
we're stained with henna. Arriving at
Alexandria, be slept in an Clubhouse, in order
the better to delude the native servants OF a
friend residing in that city. He read the
Koran sedulously, howled his prayers with
a local sheikh, who impaired to him the
niceties Of the Islamic faith; purified him
self; made an ostentatious display of piety,
and gave out that he was a hakim or doctor
preparing to be a dervish. AS he had some
knowledge OF medicine, the role was an easy
one. On the steamer that carried him
TO Cairo he fraternized with two Of his
fellow passengers, a Hindu and an Alexan-
drian merchant named Hail Wall, whose
connection with him was to last some
T. C..~A H. nA,,A l1at -
opportunity Of learning the ways and Gus
toms OF the various people among whom he
was thrown. The Ramazan, or sacred
month Of the Moslems, coming on, he OBJ
served 1t by fasting, reading the Koran and
saying countless prayers with his face
turned devoutly to the Kiblah at Mecca.
In the Egyptian capital he made the ac-
ouaintanoe Of a Meocan youth, Mohammed,
who was to become his companion through
out the pilgrimage. At Suez he met
some Medina and Mecca folk who were
to be his fellow travellers. On July 8,
1858, ninety-seven pilgrims were crowded
on a sambuk, constructed to carry only
Hxty, which was to take them to
Yambu, the port Of Medina. After twelve
days OF p~urgatory, Burton sprang on
shore. He was now dressed as an
Arab, that is to say, his head was covered
with a red kerchief bordered with yellow,
and his body with a cotton shirt and a
camel's hair cloak, while a red sash, a spear
and a dagger completed the outfit. Hav-
ing hired some camels at Yambu, he joined
a caravan, and after a journey of 100
miles reached Medina, the holy city, where
according to repute the coffin Of Mohammed
swung between heaven and earth. Here
he visited the tombs Of Mohammed Abu
Bekir, Omar and Fatimah, and the other
sights Of Medina. On the last Of August
he Joined a caravan bound for Mecca, and
al last, after a stubborn fight with Bedouin
r,arauders oame In sight of the holiest of