, 1802.
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GEORGE IV.
ascended 29th Jan. 1820, whom GOD preserve.
Contemporaries at the commencement of his reign the same as at the death
of his late majesty.
JACOBUS.
[4] Francis II. of Germany abdicated 1806, and took the title of
Emperor of Austria.
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THE SELECTOR,
AND
LITERARY NOTICES OF
_NEW WORKS_.
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MOUNT ARAFAT, AND THE PILGRIMAGE
TO MEKKA.
Every traditionary and topographical particular of this hallowed spot,
and the picturesque ceremonies by which it is consecrated, must be
acceptable to the Christian reader; and this conviction has induced us
to abridge the following from that portion of _Burckhardt's Travels_
which describes the _Hadj_, or _pilgrimage_ to Mekka.
At sunrise on the 9th of Zul Hadj, every pilgrim issued from his tent,
to walk over the plains, and take a view of the busy crowds assembled
there. Long streets of tents, fitted up as bazars, furnished all kinds
of provisions. The Syrian and Egyptian cavalry were exercised by their
chiefs early in the morning, while thousands of camels were seen feeding
upon the dry shrubs of the plain all round the camp. I walked to Mount
Arafat, to enjoy from its summit a more distinct view of the whole.
This granite hill, which is also called _Djebel er' Rahme_, or the
Mountain of Mercy, rises on the north-east side of the plain, close to
the mountains which encompass it, but separated from them by a rocky
valley; it is about a mile, or a mile and a half in circuit; its sides
are sloping, and its summit is nearly two hundred feet above the level
of the plain.
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