Word: jidda
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...science, he traveled with the Mecca pilgrimage from Damascus as far as Medain Salih, later wandering through the vast, waterless marches of Central Arabia until he reached the hills and oasis of Kheybar-then south again with a caravan to the Mecca region, ending at the English Consulate at Jidda-a two years' saga of fortitude. And every stone, every plant, every beast on the way he observed with an eye as impartial as an angel's, set down the history and peculiarities of every tribe he met, passed through enough adventures to shake the soul...