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stone supposed to have the power of curing disease if licked by the faithful. The result is that a hole six inches long & an inch deep, caked with the blood of ages can now be seen in the stone, which has been barred off by the British Gov.
Side by side at the entrance of the Mosque are two pillars also barred off. It These were placed there by Amr, who stated that anyone who could pass through between the pillars would be assured of everlasting life in the hereafter. Thin & normal people could get through easily, but among the many thousands that pressed forward to gain paradise, came many of the more ample Mohammedans. Many got caught & died in their prison so that the British Government was forced to bar it off. No Mohammedan is allowed to attempt this now, tourists alone serving to keep