CHAPTER XXI.

RELIGION.

Shádilis--Sufis becoming Catholics--They are tried and condemned--And persecuted--The Protestant converts--The Shádilis--Richard quotes Mr. Gladstone--Letters approving his conduct--Richard's answer and remarks--He leaves--I take a night ride across country--We were stoned at Nazareth--General information--Salih's description of Richard--Letters showing the state of Syria after his recall--The interval I remained as a hostage--I leave the Anti-Lebanon--Wind up at Damascus--I get fever--Eventually reach home--He gets an _amende_--We become penniless--Small jottings--Death of my mother--Richard accepts Trieste--The old story of shooting people, and a newer one--The truth--Difficulty of English officials doing their duty--Conclusion of his Damascus career.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

RICHARD BURTON IN HIS TENT.

LUNGE AND CUT IN CARTE (INSIDE).

RICHARD BURTON, AS HAJI ABDULLAH, EN ROUTE TO MECCA.

MECCA AND THE KA'ABAH, OR THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE MOSLEMS.

BURTON'S SKETCH MAP OF AFRICA.

MINIATURE OF RICHARD BURTON.

RICHARD BURTON. _By Louis Desanges._

ISABEL BURTON. _By Louis Desanges._

FACSIMILE LETTER.

THE MAN WHO WINS.

THE CHIEF OFFICER OF RICHARD'S BRIGADE OF AMAZONS.

CRUCIFIX FROM DAHOMÈ.

MAPS OF AFRICA.

CARBINE PISTOL.

OUR DESERT CAMP.

THE BURTONS' HOUSE IN SALAHÍYYAH, DAMASCUS. _By Sir Frederick Leighton._

SALAHÍYYAH, DAMASCUS IN THE OASIS.

THE BURTONS' HOUSE-ROOF AT DAMASCUS AND THE ADJOINING MOSQUE-MINARET.

THE BURTONS' HOUSE AT BLUDÁN, IN ANTI-LEBANON.

THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON.