Richard Francis Burton Autograph Letter Signed, to the British Assistant Political Resident at Aden [William M. Coghlan], Dated 21 February 1855, from Camp Aden

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Regarding Speke's troubles in Somaliland, " ... Lt. Speke ... a member of the Somali Expedition has reported to me in the strongest terms the bad conduct of Mhammed Samattar [sic] his Abar guide ..., Lt. Speke has been plundered, threatened, detained, & impeded from entering the country which he was directed to explore. If such conduct be allowed to pass unnoticed, or rather, I should say, if it be not visited with severe chastisement, I apprehend that it will be prejudicial to the future of the Expedition ... I have directed Lt. Speke to call at your office today and supported by his two ministers ... to proffer a special complaint."