A crowd had gathered round the Ka'abah, and I had no wish to stand bareheaded and barefooted in the midday September sun. At the cry of "Open a path for the Haji who would enter the House," the gazers made way. Two stout Meccans, who stood below the door,... Cholera epidemics in East Africa, from 1821 till 1872 - Page 55by James Christie (M.D.) - 1876 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...removed, was made to look neat and somewhat Indian, and we sallied forth together without loss of time. A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah, and I had no...September sun. At the cry of " Open a path for the ILiji who would enter the House," the gazers made way. Two stout Meccans, who stood below the door,... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1856 - 800 pages
...word ' fear' was unknown, and the only eflect of a distant sense of danger seems to hare been л joke. A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah. and I had no wish to stand * Tide sketch of Mecca, ante. 32t 325 bareheaded and barefooted in the midday September eun. At the... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 482 pages
...removed, was made to look neat and somewhat Indian, and we sallied forth together without loss of time. A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah, and I had no...who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance I was accosted by several offi*... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1879 - 576 pages
...removed, was made to look neat and somewhat Indian, and we sallied forth together without loss of timo. A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah, and I had no...who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance I was accosted by several officials,... | |
| Francis Hitchman - Authors, English - 1887 - 478 pages
...Englishman will ever enter again. The story of this remarkable visit must be told in his own words : — ' A crowd had gathered round the Ka'abah, and I had...who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance, I was accosted by several officials,... | |
| Lady Isabel Burton - Adventure and adventurers - 1893 - 670 pages
...last moment I was sent for. I thought, ' Now something is going to happen to me ; now I am suspected.' "A crowd had gathered round the Ka'abah, and I had...who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance I was accosted by several officials,... | |
| Georgiana M. Stisted - Exploradors - 1896 - 446 pages
...Burton hastened with the young Meccan to the mosque. What he saw shall be described in his own words : " A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah, and I had no wish to stand bare-headed in the midday September sun. At the cry of 'Open a path for the Haji who would enter the house,' the... | |
| Georgiana M. Stisted - Exploradors - 1896 - 446 pages
...Burton hastened with the young Meccan to the mosque. What he saw shall be described in his own words : " A crowd had gathered round the Kaabah, and I had no wish to stand bare-headed in the midday September sun. At the cry of 'Open a path for the Haji who would enter the house,' the... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 510 pages
...removed, was made to look neat and somewhat Indian, and we sallied forth together without loss of time. A crowd had gathered round the Ka'abah, and I had...who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance I was accosted by several officials,... | |
| Arthur Symons - Literature, Modern - 1923 - 376 pages
...adventure is thrilling. The first cry was : "Open the way for the Haji who would enter the House !" Then : Two stout Meccans, who stood below the door, raised me in their arms, -whilst a third drew me from above into the building. At the entrance I was accosted by a youth of... | |
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