The Monthly Magazine, Volume 41, Parts 6-7R. Phillips, 1816 |
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... MECCA . There is no animal of any kind to be At midnight , between Thursday and seen in this desert , neither quadrupeds , Friday , the 23d of January , 1807 , or birds , reptiles , nor insects , nor any plant the 14th of the month ...
... MECCA . There is no animal of any kind to be At midnight , between Thursday and seen in this desert , neither quadrupeds , Friday , the 23d of January , 1807 , or birds , reptiles , nor insects , nor any plant the 14th of the month ...
Page 626
... Mecca . The next day , Saturday the 24th of January , 1807 , the 15th of the month Doulkaada , in the year 1221 of the He- gira , they opened the door of the Kaaba , which is shut the whole year , except three days ; on the first of ...
... Mecca . The next day , Saturday the 24th of January , 1807 , the 15th of the month Doulkaada , in the year 1221 of the He- gira , they opened the door of the Kaaba , which is shut the whole year , except three days ; on the first of ...
Page 628
... MECCA . This stone is a fragment of volcanie basalts , which is sprinkled throughout its circumference with small pointed colour- ed crystals , and varied with red feld- spath , upon a dark black ground like coal , except one of its ...
... MECCA . This stone is a fragment of volcanie basalts , which is sprinkled throughout its circumference with small pointed colour- ed crystals , and varied with red feld- spath , upon a dark black ground like coal , except one of its ...
Page 629
... MECCA . may The city of Mecca , called Mekka in Arabic , is situated in a very narrow val- ley , the mean breadth of which be about 155 toises , that winds irregularly between mountains from the north - east to the south - west ; so ...
... MECCA . may The city of Mecca , called Mekka in Arabic , is situated in a very narrow val- ley , the mean breadth of which be about 155 toises , that winds irregularly between mountains from the north - east to the south - west ; so ...
Page 630
... Mecca . There is not a man to be found that is capable of making a lock or forg- ing a key . All the doors are locked with large wooden keys , and the trunks and cases with padlocks brought from Europe : I therefore was unable to ...
... Mecca . There is not a man to be found that is capable of making a lock or forg- ing a key . All the doors are locked with large wooden keys , and the trunks and cases with padlocks brought from Europe : I therefore was unable to ...
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