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Refpe6ied by the Arabs, who revere then' hofpitahty more 
than they Imte their religion, thefe venerable men are appa- 
rently fecure. Yet as too much confidence might invite the 
meanefi: plunderers to invade their peaceful dwelling, they have 
cautiouily guarded their convent by a feparate and lofty inclo- 
fure from an opening in which a ladder of ropes Rirnillies the 
means of defcent. 
Leaving this hofpitable hill with fucli refrefliments as the 
generous Fathers could fupplv, the caravan continues its courfe, 
and on the fifth day arrives at the City of Cairo, from whence, at 
the ufual feafon, it proceeds by the cuftomary rout to Mecca. 
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