, 1880-01-11
AlOUAMNIEDANISM.
A Religion Embraced by Two Hun
dred Millions Of Souls.
a Pilgrimage to Mecca and the
Prophets Tomb.
LAndon P,.il-Mall 0axstts.

shores Of 1ndia 70 ule holy p!aees OF Meeca
anu Hieu'''a' ~ ucpu~ 'Iulop 1 I1eu'a4.'
nhaf! 10 acquire th's inlo3!nh.ion was oovlonh'
~ lmpracacaose, ow1ng 70 ue ueauay lannu-
clsn OF INC people. llenks, however, " nae
entoFptise OF Asslsta.''.ulseon1 A,i ,, 1Auuut n
A, '.o"ancu AN ,a..n W.. "no I.ot ,,ens ~ ~
Journey III ulo lastes pull y. i"s' yeat, uo
uoyerlment a1o how III pusssss'oh y, e.ess, s.
ana lntereslms lepos. w u.e t III .ss i."
tae pet'oa ol enloat1ntloa w as,at VI .aeT ~
ornmc"t orders; but this fact, tlloas,. re-
venled To our own Consulate at Jcldnh,
was carefully Kept from the Arabian
otlictuls: for It's knowledge in Mecca,
uie Holy Land OF tne Moh0mmsaans,7wmcfo N.Y., .,
rebel of tsb7,-tnight have lad 10 serious |
I,,s,oIt rntra,,e% fron, tn,,inw henringa nf lie
route or analylng, the waters Gt vaIions
slsnEaccs & ao as ne nHe. wo% hSys ,Sera ke n
obtained without difficulty, and rarely with !
. out ~" ,,o,ntor',,,nat1o,, ,yhv ha wovtc, to
out tnv ~ WY na " ss.,ss,'.
never troubled tholr heads about Noverthe.
less,
4 nnpAr nrA1 or INTERESTING MATTER
IL scnttercd en ~ through tho Docior's report
whunce tho pilgrims start for Arabia; aud
evcrv vnrlrty of the nilerin class could bo
sne,, boro fror, tto rcl zcn,,n,lor to tl,o yerv
poor WHO beg their way from Bombay to
Mecca nnl back. Tho usunl practice OF the
pilgrims Is 10 purchase ticket Of certain
agents, who OF course get MS largo commits
sion for themselves Us they can n manage , ,'s to
sSoas Ap1ul AA san"anu,i avuu ~ -. @'o e,nt.
tsnsassui ~. nv sa.eeeuIu ~ siio ~ nean,s upe.
ing tue use o. me cn1el ,op,,,n,s oeots
Transaction for him. Tlle entire number
Of pilgrims OH board tho vessel (tho rrcll-
than Hall, q tlne steamer Of 1,25s net tot,-
chsn,} % S'1. WIS rs, Of whom nore thin half
we're ine,l. Most Of them were fine, healthy.
iook!ng fellows, from the Nortl.west mid
I,hopal; but there were also nlany from
siekly-luokl,iX. Each pilgrim came witt,
| provisions supposed 10 br Sufficient to lust
Tic wll0lo voyage. Tho well-h,-do brought
tl,e noor conteited themselves With rice, salt,
VIVA y Wsnppsa sii If3 fro, % tl;e sIp but M ilrewood
md water wrrc freely Issued. The sanitary
defective. tlongh tie ships doctor (an Eli
Eisliman) dItl lis best to remedy them.
Unfortunately llo knew nothing Ut .the lin.
lis pilgrims coTia speak nothing cIse, tic
oftrtl amusing. AGIur Ruzzll, however,
ca,,," tn thn resc,,c. md in The double capncl.
10 ~ Intnrnrctsr ind practit,onur did eooI
syrvica 'N'" e0~N
)n tha nth of Novcmher. altar n tlav Of
a,tnnst ins,,nsortahjn hcnt'
,r, 'tsppAn .o,.,,
was Slghted Inc na'ne sl9nlfiGs n Asa1le
grandmother, ,-,,In NppslInllon u derives froM
te loMto ol MotneI Ee, wcM - ,stitI ~
4 HhIur ~ eno Isa I ns u sn,ni, s"ni,or witb -
fixcG population Of froiil 2o,oSo to 5000
n1iarjs,s lin mas % thriMIaI Il annually to McccN.
tmlika Mscea and Medlnn. JeJ.inll depends
fnr its wntsr.s,,uply entirely on tiIc rainfall; ;
@ wnnt ri ~ % #. %I:cor,lMv 10 tha cuprico Of those
WHO wV own tl,o inks outside the town. Dnr-
i,,p M1 oT, TrnnMht nj th,so nsotio u,uEe immense
p {ar a ihiv his nnI IHIa tMo nr riS ris1 uried M for
fa,en ~ a ahnuf ui ~ ~ ~, thS iii, NJ Nnve,l,-
brrs AZ Io tha sisrcm'i M cate Of tho tow, /. toil