Bernier, François, Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656-1668

(Westminster, Eng. :  Constable,  1891.)

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THE    HISTORY

OF    THE    LATE

REBELLION

IN THE STATES
OF THE GREAT MOGOL
 

HE desire of seeing the world, which had
induced me to visit Palestine and Egypt, still
prompted me to extend my travels, and I
formed the design of exploring the Red Sea
from one end to the other. In pursuance
of this plan, I quitted Grand Cairo, where
I had resided more than a year, and in two-and-thirty
hours (travelling at a Caravaw-rate) reached the town
of Suez. Here I embarked in a galley, and was con¬
veyed in seventeen days, always hugging the coast,
from Sues to the port of Gidda, half a day's journey
from Mecca. Contrary to my expectation, and in viola¬
tion of a promise which I had received from the Beig'^
of the Red Sea, I was constrained to land on this so-called
holy territory of Mahomet, where no Christian, who is
not a slave, dares set his foot. After a detention of
nearly five weeks, I took my passage  on  board a small

1 The Bey of the Red Sea was an important official who, among other
duties, had control of the pilgrim traffic to Mecca, through Jeddah.

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