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have suppressed them, thinking them superstitious. 
There remain now but a few, which I observed in all 
their extent. 
On Sunday the 22d, almost all the pilgrims assem- 
bled at a spot about a league to the W. N. W. of Mecca, 
where there is a mosque, which is falling in ruins, 
called El Aamra. W e first said the prayer, and then 
placed three stones one upon the other, in a devout 
manner, at a small distance from the mosque. We af- 
terwards went to the spot where the infamous Abou- 
gehel, the furious enemy of our holy Prophet, resided, 
and threw seven stones upon it, with a holy fury, 
cursing it at the same time. 
Being returned to the town, we again took seven 
turns round the house of God, and performed the seven 
journeys between SafFa and Meroua; after which there 
remained nothing to add to the ceremony of pilgrim- 
age for our sanctification. 
Tradition says, that the above appendix was insti- 
tuted by Ayescha, the most beloved wife of our holy 
Prophet. 
CHAPTER VI. 
Description of El Haram, or Temple of Mecca. — El Kaaba, or the House of 
God. — El Makam Ibrahim.— El Bir Zerazem.- El Beb-es-selem. — El Mon- 
b av . The places for Prayers. — The Pillars of Brass and the Lamps. — The 
Highroads. — The two Cobbas. — The Court. — The Galleries. — The Gates.— 
SafFa and Meroua.— Officers of the Temple. 
I shall begin by describing the temple of Mecca, 
as being the principal object, and afterwards the city 
and the country. 
The temple of Mecca is known by Mussulman 
