A thousand miles up the Nile

CHAPTER II.

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CAIRO AND THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE.

The Mosque of Sultan Hassan--Moslems at Prayer--Mosque of Mehemet Ali--View from the Platform--Departure of the Caravan for Mecca--The Báb en-Nasr--The Procession--The Mahmal--Howling Dervishes--The Mosque of Amr--The Shubra Road 15