, 1869-03-21
Extrao ralnRly sfahs Al Cat1o-The Pils
ETtIu8xe At NcccA.

CGp " DID, ~ %etiErpon1eo.1 "a %-s AN1$N
The PRICE OF waies, it rnsy be reaem~
be.td, Was In Egypt md went up the Nile IN
1869, but the Princess of Wales has ueFer
seen the Hast before. Great must hare been
lhe transition from Trieste 70 Alexaudria;
which Ter Royal Highcese Witnessed o.day..
OF the Thousands uf Europeans who visit
Ca{no there are few who hare the forsuAe to
behn!d the spectacle which may be described
in many book1 to the unknown. but which
can peTer be adtqustei5 desSstsed X u a9y q
psrture o! The pilgrims for Mecca" That
S mlsnomer. 1t is In reality =
p,oee.sinn Of sheiks and holy men
md fhe. tac1rd M1hmcl and hswsA,
escorted By Irregular cavalry and guns, EMea
leaves the city to 60 ont ,,,s 70 " se p
eide Csiro. The M4hnef Is canopy Of gold
.apa velvet which was used to cover the sad
die OF the wife of tie Callph On her Journey
TO Mecca. The kIswet Is the covering Whica
| u put over the temple at Meeca: Several
Gays aEo the pilgrims SET cut tnr ca!50, and
I tneanped on the AbbaaaSa. Whist fses s1d
| forming, inside and cut. know not but,
| !ast p!zht, a1i tishs-seers we're warned That
| .he.cuIious cercmoulal which has Just been
| teruinsted EA5 to COME OF sooh a1!e1
| o'clock. At that hour The Fieefc5s car1ia3es
were in waiting 1t the Ps1rce's Pat.ce, sna
| ruard Of honor, with trumpet band. VS.
drswn mo n tie open space between tic
buildicg and the street: There *eFe sesE
| f.T nennlc attracted By the show OF hosses
and Fnarffs, but the crowds which gaAaete4
in tha usnow streets through which
The procession vas 10 pass Ga'e sooas as
eyideEce Ell Of the eaormor. poaui1S,on % o.
1tis sws,mire city. The Prince and Psipcess
sH5 i1 f,,s;r sri:e, attended 5F thu carriages
| Which tI1e 1IYke OF Sutherland aud his party
cEr ~ fhe coutttsy Of the Ficeroy, SET opt
| about 10 O'Clock to see the eeg:aeng o. ,ne ~
pilgrimage. ard dTose o.e 10 ,mopp su a. tRs scenc
| of 1he truoolirIon OF the Aatnelokes by ~.
h.met in. they we're preceded bY 1eT
| hnrtemen. urd b. the sunziug footmen VINO
! nre The herslds Of every carriage N IaunI
by night the pillars Of hte, LOT LEY G n1a1;ns
a. A. thsr l Tun, ard lighting mp al the street,
an5 ~ day they bound With ieet hist never
! Ire before The hos.es, csytng ont necessarily
n Arabic. "Nind 5our focs." or "Look GU,
ttere' and The like, thus freely trans!atea-
cYad In II hite auttering gaImeats, Win oisao
l;t,1e way below the knee, hu. alotions u
noId-em6roidered vests and silken sashes M
"a man OF cruel or .rbttrslT d3posltaon tns
| etI1ce n,ust be suvlablc, Tor it. glsee, appa
rtrtiy. light TO the bearer to zmue Mnss s.
! ever and whenever he please5- ne aanaoe' a!ss
1 f.btd ey1rr Jsy bF fma11 raps of long can
lor. duiue noth!nf At all but being ahye y
Cutro by these ofnelals must amount 70 man
hun d1o!s, and they all bear Is Hlh eaaa
mind ard body. Peshaps II YOU'D % ~, Sn,
ers sse only pat On a. night, aad that ne
! arc not quite the same as the ranniuE foo
man, who Is on day sod night and = VI
. shouts and runs In the darkness and Ii li2o
With The tsme POWER OF voice and nusc!
/ space below the ci ade: lies through : pe
bfshe town viii b u: perhaps, the most ssrt
. log ard lnte5e1tluE Of all Caito~; Fami1sf
The cl.y L to Erfopean uay.:H:;s, G:se