The Land of Midian (Revisited)
Richard Francis Burton
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The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality and the foresight of His Highness Ismail I., Khediv of Egypt, forms the subject of these volumes. During the four months between December 19, 1877, and April 20, 1878, the officers employed covered some 2500 miles by sea and land, of which 600, not including by-paths, were mapped and planned; and we brought back details of an old-new land which the civilized world had clean forgotten. - Preface in the book (6 hr 54 min)
Chapters
Preface and Abstract | 26:34 | Read by PaulW |
Part I The March Through Madyan Proper (North Midian) Chapter I Preliminary—fro… | 36:06 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter II The Start—from El-muwaylah to the "White Mountain" and 'Aynún… | 43:44 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter III Breaking New Ground to Magháir Shu'ayb | 36:10 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter IV Notices of Precious Metals in Midian—the Papyri and the Mediæ… | 29:55 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter V Work At, and Excursions From, Magháir Shu'Ayb | 43:53 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter VI To Makná, and Our Work There—the Magáni or Maknáwis | 39:31 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter VII Cruise from Makná to El-'Akabah | 49:58 | Read by PaulW |
Part I Chapter VIII Cruise from El-'Akabah to El-Muwaylah—the Shipwreck Escaped… | 29:33 | Read by PaulW |
Part II The March Through Central and Eastern Midian Chapter IX Work in and Aro… | 25:57 | Read by PaulW |
Part II Chapter X Through East Midian to the Hismá | 53:11 | Read by PaulW |