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Title: The illustrated London news
Year: 1842 (1840s)
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Publisher: London : William Little
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fore paid to the ceremony3 departure, ( _ persons always all parts of the East, to take advantage of afforded them by Uie pres ;;;:;, camel with its sacred „ -,.^v~ ....... -— wjneourse went under the name of Caravan, and sometimes numbered upwards of 40,000persons. Lately, however, the dangers of the pilgrimage to Mecca have been much lessened by the establishment of a line of steamers belong-tug to the Egyptian Government which ply between Suez and Jeddah Stfll many ^T the more enthusiastic-attracted, Probably, by the romance of the thing-preferred encountering the dangers and difficulties of the old route, and still accompanied the mahmal. TheGreat Caravan has now, however, ceased to exist. It has passed away, and with it, probably, much of the superstition which may be considered the main stay of Hamiam. Safer, more rapid, and less expensive means of transit have taken the place of the perilous over-^Bgtoesa the present Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said Pacha, THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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Dispatching The Mahmal Or Holy Carpet From Cairo To Mecca; THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS at and improved or projected by his father, the regenerate \ ■■ I - ■ -.- >J ■ il-tn r:l...: ■■,:!,ip.T...e lIlC- pa ). x-,.::\; pul.:..- ...ana, .■...; i.v./iil,^-: I:::.. 1 1 i I H -. ■--a. i Ued Sea and Meditenane.in, up-.vardf of 1000 milea of -h nearly all the )..-iri.-ipa) most important, for with i and improvement ■ 11. Few, iwi ■ ■■; tut most sanguine ever would intrude itself 1 tii. Viceroy, .-■ in .• Hi- (liili-iiii;-.--: and dangers of the desert rour;i.d tin. ninieo. ■-■■iry v: \l\u )a\a ,!i,..rU0.l h a un: CL, .iv„),y in re=u of the hr.t.r.i chain-mail, and in rLar ols a battery of six tieldpiiaaa uais in position, and sainted -!■■ I - <- \- ■ i -...I trappings, On the second camel i

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