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‘A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."' [108] (155/334)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 pages). It was created in 1881. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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io8 A Pilgrimage to Nejd. [ch. v.
up every other feeling. Wilfrid says, but T do not
believe him, that he felt frightened, and was very
near running away and leaving me, but on reflec
tion stayed. The affair seems more alarming now
it is over, which is perhaps natural.
As to the others, Mohammed is terribly
crestfallen at the not very heroic part he took in
the action. The purely defensive attitude of the
caravan was no doubt prudent; but it seemed
hardly up to the ideal of chivalry Mohammed has
always professed. He keeps on reproaching him
self, but we tell him that he did quite right.
It was certainly our own fault that we were sur
prised in this way, and if the enemy, as they
might have been, had really been robbers and out
laws, our safety depended on our having the caravan
intact as a fortress to return to after being robbed.
To have rushed forward in disorder to help us would
have exposed the whole caravan to a defeat, which
in so desolate a region as this would mean nothing
less than dying of cold and starvation.
We may indeed be very thankful that matters
were no worse. I shall never again dismount while
I remain crippled, and never as long as I live, will I
tie my horse to a bush.
Many vows of sheep, it appears, were made by
all the party of spectators during the action, so we
are to have a feast at J6f—if ever we get there.
Now all is quiet, and Ham dan the Sherari is
singing the loves of a young man and maiden who
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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."...With map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings , by Lady Anne Isabella Noel Blunt, Baroness Wentworth. With contributions from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
Publication details: Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London.
Physical description: Volume 1 of a two-volume work; includes map and illustrations; Octavo.
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The volume contains a table of contents with chapter headings with page references (pp xxix-xxxi). Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles and page references (p xxxiii).
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- 2358.c.2. vol. 1
- Title
- ‘A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:34, 1:80, 80a:80b, 81:104, 104a:104b, 105:118, 118a:118b, 119:120, 120a:120b, 121:160, 160a:160b, 161:214, 214a:214b, 215:250, 250a:250b, 251:274, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- Blunt Lady, nee King, Anne Isabella Noel, 15th Baroness Wentworth
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