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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎241] (272/568)

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XXXII.—Life at Meccah, and the Umrah. 241
an accident would not redound to our reputation, as we
could not in justice revenge it. 1
On the 14th Zu'l Hijjah we started to perform the
rite of Umrah, or Little Pilgrimage. After performing
ablution, and resuming the Ihram with the usual cere
monies, I set out, accompanied by the boy Mohammed
and his brother Abdullah. Mounting asses which
resembled mules in size and speed, 3 we rode to the Harim,
and prayed there. Again remounting, we issued through
the Bab al-Safa towards the open country north-east of
the city. The way was crowded with pilgrims, on foot as
well as mounted, and their loud Lahhayk distinguished those
en S a £> e< i in the Umrah rite from the many whose business
was with the camp of the Damascus Caravan. At about
half a mile from the city we passed on the left a huge heap
of stones, where my companions stood and cursed. This
grim-looking cairn is popularly believed to note the place
of the well where Abu Lahab laid an ambuscade for the
Prophet. This wicked uncle stationed there a slave, with
orders to throw headlong into the pit the first person who
1 Future pilgrims must also remember that the season is gradually
receding towards the heart of the hot weather. For the next fifteen
years, therefore, an additional risk will attend the traveller.
2 Pliny is certainly right about this useful quadruped and its
congeners, the zebra and the wild ass, in describing it as "animal
frigoris maxime impatiens." It degenerates in cold regions, unless,
as in Afghanistan and Barbary, there be a long, hot, and dry summer!
Aden, Cutch, and Baghdad have fine breeds, whereas those of India
and South-Eastern Africa are poor and weak. The best and the
ighest-priced come from the Maghrib, and second to them ranks
the Egyptian race. At Meccah careful feeding and kind usage
transform the dull slave into an active and symmetrical friend of
man: he knows his owner's kind voice, and if one of the two fast, it
is generally the biped. The asses of the Holy City are tall and
p ump, with sleek coats, generally ash or grey-coloured, the eyes of
eer, heads gracefully carried, an ambling gait, and extremely sure-
ootea. They are equal to great fatigue, and the stallions have been
Known miheir ferocity, to kill the groom. The price varies from 25
10 150 dollars. J
VOL. II.
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Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II by Captain Sir Richard F Burton, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, with an introduction bu Stanley Lane-Poole.

Publication Details: London, George Bell and Sons.

Edition: The third edition with preface.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii).

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1 volume (414 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and an alphabetical index at the back of the volume, beginning on page 415.

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Dimensions: 185mm x 110mm

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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