The illustrated London news . 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 havebeen much lessened by the establishment of a line of steamers belong-tug to the Egyptian Government which ply between Suez and JeddahStfll many ^T the more enthusiaatic-attracted, ProbaHy, by theromance of the thing-preferred encountering the
The illustrated London news . 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 havebeen much lessened by the establishment of a line of steamers belong-tug to the Egyptian Government which ply between Suez and JeddahStfll many ^T the more enthusiaatic-attracted, ProbaHy, by theromance of the thing-preferred encountering the dangers anddifficulties of the old route, and still accompanied themahmal. TheGreat Caravan has now, however, ceased to exist. It has passedaway,and with it, probably, much of the superstition which may be con-sidered the main stay of Hamiam. Safer, more rapid, and lessexpensive means of transit have taken the place of the perilous over-^Bgtoesa the present Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said Pacha, THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Btiiiit^; THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS at and improved or projected by his father, the regenerate \ ?? I - ? >J ? il-tn : ??,:!, lIlC- pa ]. x-,.::\; pul.:..- ...ana, .?...; ,^-: I:::.. 1 1 i I H -. ?--a. i Ued Sea , 1000 milea of -h nearly all the ]..] 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; tin. ninieo. ?-??iry v: \l\u ]a\a ,!i,.. h a un: CL, .iv„],y in re=u of the chain-mail, and in rLar ols a battery of six tieldpiiaaa uais in position, and sainted -!?? I - <- \- ? i trappings, On the second camel i
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