A NARRATIVE OF CAPTIVITY IN ABYSSINIA;

WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF
THE LATE EMPEROR THEODORE,
HIS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE.

BY HENRY BLANC, M.D.,
M.R.C.S.E., F.A.S.L., ETC.,

STAFF ASSISTANT-SURGEON HER MAJESTY'S BOMBAY ARMY,
(LATELY ON SPECIAL DUTY IN ABYSSINIA.)



CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER I.

The Emperor Theodore--His Rise and Conquests--His Army
and Administration--Causes of his Fall--His Personal
Appearance and Character--His Household and Private Life

CHAPTER II.

Europeans in Abyssinia--Bell and Plowden--Their Career and
Deaths--Consul Cameron--M. Lejean--M. Bardel and Napoleon's Answer
to Theodore--The Gaffat People--Mr. Stern and the Djenda Mission--State
of Affairs at the End of 1863