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I INSCRIBE THESE PAGES

TO

AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND,

JOHN W. LARKING

(WHILOME OF ALEXANDRIA),

IN WHOSE HOSPITABLE HOME (“THE SYCAMORES”) I MADE MY FINAL

PREPARATIONS FOR A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCAH

AND EL-MEDINAH.

R. F. BURTON.