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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [271] (304/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (414 pages). It was created in 1898. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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XXXIV.—To Jeddah.
271
youth, who delivered himself of many circumstantial and
emphatic mis-statements. Then they proceeded to open
the boxes ; upon which the boy Mohammed cast himself
sprawling, with a vow to die rather than to endure such
a disgrace. This procured for him some scattered slaps,
which presently became a storm of blows, when a prying
little boy discovered Omar Effendi's leg in the hiding-
place. The student was led away unresisting, but mildly
swearing that he would allow no opportunity of escape to
pass. I examined the boy Mohammed, and was pleased
to find that he was not seriously hurt. To pacify his mind,
I offered to sally out with him, and to rescue Omar Effendi
by main force. This, which would only have brought us
all into a brunt with quarterstaves, and similar servile
weapons, was declined, as had been foreseen. But the
youth recovered complacency, and a few well-merited
encomiums upon his " pluck " restored him to high spirits.
The reader must not fancy such escapade to be a
serious thing in Arabia. The father did not punish his
son ; he merely bargained with him to return home for a
few days before starting to Egypt. This the young man
did, and shortly afterwards I met him unexpectedly in the
streets of Cairo.
Deprived of my companion, I resolved to waste no
time in the Red Sea, but to return to Egypt with the
utmost expedition. The boy Mohammed having laid in a
large store of grain, purchased with my money, having
secured all my disposable articles, and having hinted that,
after my return to India, a present of twenty dollars
would find him at Meccah, asked leave, and departed with
a coolness for which I could not account. Some days
afterwards Shaykh Nur explained the cause. I had taken
the youth with me on board the steamer, where a bad
suspicion crossed his mind. " Now, I understand," said
the boy Mohammed to his fellow-servant, " your master
is a Sahib from India ; he hath laughed at our beards."
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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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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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- 'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vii-v, 1:80, 80a:80b, 81:116, 116a:116b, 117:124, 124a:124b, 125:186, 186a:186b, 187:204, 204a:204b, 205:268, 268a:268b, 269:294, 294a:294b, 295:480, 1:48, viii-r:ix-v, back-i
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- Burton, Sir Richard Francis
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