Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-15
An EngIi.hmas,s PiIgrimaae e 10.


An EnglishmAn who has lust accomplished the p grim
age 20 seeea writes account Of his experiences 70 the
London Tt1ss. He says
e Having resolved to perform the Mecca pilgrmage
spsntH few months al Cairo, and the 22d q Nay
embarked in 2 small sisamsr Suez, With the msAnil
or litter and is military escort conveying the ksrah
wheel Informed rs that we about 70 pass the vii
laRs ef Rsbikh ths Arabian coast and that the time
had eo1sequenty arrived for changing our usual habl
menis Tor the Hram, Or pilgrim co2umu of Two towels
and tor taking the various intsrdict0ry involved In
It's assumption such not tie knots in any portion Of
dress not to of She body aud not 70 nails
hair nor % improve the ns OF the latter with
eOppery red Of henna Tansgresson Of ths and other
ceremonial enactmenta is sIpated either by animal
sacrifice, or gi;ts Of fruit or er5als 20 ths poor
After complete abluti0n and assuming she fkraH
performed tT prayer hectious and recedibe merito
rous sents ees, beginning with The words Lsbbd1k Adh
hH1sa d5bafF q Here am, o GCd, here am Here
sn Unas tocisted one, here AN, unto Thee be-
long praise grsce, and empire, Uns5soeisied One r.
% This prHye- repeate1 en-, people not m.
frequently rushing Up to their ends aud shrek ing the
sacred sentence IN their ears, last bscame
signal for merrimsnt rshsr tbaR indication Of psty.
II MECCA.
After 10 ney OF twenty hours across the desert We
ed the usrrers which mark the outmost Iius OF
the sacred city aud ssend ing gnt steps pitched
our tens on plain, or rather plateau, surrounded by
barren rocks some Of which. distant few yards
from view the brthplacs Of The prophet Il vas
midnight feT crops OF rain were falling and HzhinS
played around Us. Day after day bad watched its
brightness from the sea, and many faithful ha had
pointed o1t to his companions those fires which
Heavens witness % the EsDotity the spot
"' Al hdHldH LiEah . Thanks be 90 God We zere
at length 90 gaze upon the Ei5lgE ~ which every
Alssulmau has turned In prayer the days Of NO
manned aud which FOR long ages before the birth Of
Christianity Wa revereucFd by the pstrarrhs Of ihs
asst soon after dawn arose from midst the shOat
of B0b5Gik Bab5aik " aud, passing between the rocks
We foand ourselves In the main .Tset Of Mecca and
approached the gateway Of salvation, Of he thirty
nine portals OF the Temple Of ALHarem
TIE HOLY BUILDING
Or crossing the threshold we entered q vast M
rooted quadrangle mighty amp ihcation OF the Palss
Rova having on each o. Us four rfes broad eo,ora1
divided into three sis.s by multitude of slender col
snd rising the hight Of thirty feet Sur
mounting each srch Of she eoiona9e Is small .ue-in
All there hundred and twenty, and ut different
points arise mnArets daring from various epcchs
and OF somewhat varying attitudes ant architecture
The humorous geons which have ther home within the
/ Iemple nave been behsVed never 20 dhFhs upon any
portion OF its roof thus miraculous testifying the
holiness Of the building. This marvel having how
evar Of late been suapendtd usuv discern an
other Of the approach OF the long predicted period
when unbelievers shall deseera,e the hallowed -oL
" In the center Of ua square the fsr aned
kabah, the funsrea shade Ct wblch contrasts WILDLY
with the sunt walls and prscpiceB q the town. It
rubical structure Of MASSIVE stone, the upper
thirds Of which nanted with black cloth embrod-
cred with silver and the lower portion hung with white
linen A. distance Of several yards il is surrounded
by baust ade provided with lamps which ars lighted
in the evening and the thus inclo.e the circuit
performing the c eular ceremony Of Tawsf realize ths
ID OF perpetual motion We at advanced the
it, and exclaimed BiSmilah 1oa zLLahu Ak5ar In
Gods name, AMI God Is greatest Then We commenced
the usual seven roEnds. three At a walking pace md
-FOUR az orItE tTof. Next followed two prayer fee
tions A. the tomb Of Abraham, aft which We drank
cf Asmzan, said 20 be the same whirh quenched ths
thirEt Of Hsgar's e1haustel son
Tbs MOUNTAIS OF ARI7AT
" Al er few days spsRt in visiting vslious places oi
interest," such ~ the ma ket and forts and The
houses the prophet and the Csiphs Ali aud Abukshr
We started on six hours 1urney the mountain Of
Arifat, hours sujOurn which even in = state Of
iRsensibity, ocnfers the rank Of ha. Il mountain
spur Of about hundred and fifty feet in hight pre-
tsntng artificial appearance from the wall rcii1g
1t and the terrace lie slope, from which the inns
delivers before the departure Of his eongsgs
tion for Mecca. HH auditors indeed numsr0us,
II r tents being scattered two three mlsa Of
country. CREST number OF their iamE'sS fellow
subjects Of ours from India suiprifsd some Of my
Mecca friends By Informing them Queen Victoria nun
/ bers neary twenty millions Of Aohammedans among
her subjsetE
The ENTERPRISE EOT PERILOUs
" In penninF these lines an sn1ious 70 encourage
other Ighmen, especially those from India perform
the pilgrimage without being deferred By exaggerated
reports concerning the pers Of ths enterprise Il must
however, be understood that It Is absolutely ndispensa
bic to be Mussulman (at least externally and to have
an Arabic name. Neither the Koran the Sultan
joins the killing OF intrusive Jews Christians
theess two yssrs ago ineoEnito Jew who refused q
repeat the creed eTueaed by the Mecca Populsee
and in the event Of pilgrim sgain declaring himself 4
be an unbeieyer the authorities would be almost power