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Show Mahometan Pllgrlmi IB Danger. Mahometan pilgrims to Medina and Mecca will encounter worse hardships and dangers this year than usual. Owing Ow-ing to an insufficient rainfall during the last few seasons in the province of Iled-ja Iled-ja the Arabian holy land famine prevails pre-vails throughout the district and renders the natives eager to rob and plunder at ever opportunity. The leading routes to Medina and Mecca are most insecure, pbbers lying in wait for travelers and merchandise, while the tribes are constantly con-stantly fighting among themselves to secure se-cure the scanty pasture for their cattle, London Graphic, |