"رواية شخصية عن الحج الى المدينة ومكة. المجلد II" [‎٢‎٧‎٦] (٥٦٨/٣٠٩)

276 Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah.
man's empressement and disappointment,—I had been mis
taken for the Pasha of Al-Madinah.
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية
For a time my peregrinations ended. Worn out with
fatigue, and the fatal fiery heat, I embarked (Sept. 26) on
board the "Dwarka"; experienced the greatest kindness
from the commander and chief officer (Messrs. Wolley
and Taylor); and, wondering the while how the Turkish
pilgrims who crowded the vessel did not take the trouble
to throw me overboard, in due time I arrived at Suez.
And here, reader, we part. Bear with me while I
conclude, in the words of a brother traveller, long gone,
but not forgotten—Fa-hian—this Personal Narrative of
my Journey to Al-Hijaz : "I have been exposed to perils,
and I have escaped from them; I have traversed the sea,
and have not succumbed under the severest fatigues; anc
my heart is moved with emotions of gratitude, that I have
been permitted to effect the objects I had in view." 1
1 The curious reader will find details concerning Patriarchal
and Prophetical Tombs in " Unexplored Syria," i. 33—35