TRAVELS IN ARABIA: AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE TERRITORIES IN HEDJAZ WHICH THE MOHAMMEDANS REGARD AS SACRED.

CONTENTS.Arrival at DjiddaRoute from Djidda to TayfResidence at TayfJourney to MekkaArrival at MekkaDescription of MekkaQuarters of MekkaDescription of the Beitullah (or “House of God”), the great Mosque atMekkaSome Historical Notices concerning the Kaaba and the Temple of MekkaDescription of several other holy places visited by pilgrims at Mekkaand in its neighbourhoodRemarks on the inhabitants of Mekka and DjiddaGovernment of MekkaClimate and diseases of Mekka and DjiddaThe Hadj or PilgrimageJourney from Mekka to MedinaMedinaDescription of MedinaAccount of some places of Zyara, or objects of pious visitation, in theneighbourhood of MedinaOn the Inhabitants of MedinaOn the Government of MedinaClimate and Diseases of MedinaJourney from Medina to YemboYemboFrom Yembo to CairoAppendix, (comprising ten articles)MY arrival in the Hedjaz was attended with some unfavourable circumstances. On entering the town of Djidda, in the morning of the 15th of July, 1814, I went to the house of a p..