Chapter I: Introduction 7

„ II. — SURVEYING METHODS AND GENERAL RESULTS 11

„ III. — THE ROADS CONNECTING THE OASIS OF BAHARIA WITH
THE NILE VALLEY AND WITH OTHER OASES 17

„ IV. — TOPOGRAPHY, WITH NOTES ON THE WATER-SUPPLY,
INHABITANTS, ETC. 37

„ V. — GEOLOGY 47

„ VI. — ANTIQUITIES 73

PLATES.

PLATE I. — Map of the Oasis geologically coloured at end

„ II. — Sketch Map showing Position of the Oasis „

„ III. — Villages and Principal Sources of Water „

„ IV. — Section through Western Escarpment, 11
kilometres north of south end of Depression „

„ V. — Diagrammatic Section from hill 15 kilometres
north-east of Ain el Haiss to the
Eocene-Cretaceous junction on desert to west „

„ VI. — Section from Mandisha through Jebel Mayesra
and Conical Hill to Western Plateau „

„ VII. — Map of the Synclinal fold from Jebel Hefhuf to
its termination in the Western Plateau, 13
kilometres north-west of Ain el Haiss „

„ VIII. — Sketch sections of Eastern Scarp „

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

FIG. 1. — Section across Syncline, 12½ kilometres
north-west of Ain el Haiss 66

„ 2. — Sketch shewing probable relations of Eocene
and Cretaceous in Anticline on Western Desert
Plateau, 11½ kilometres north-west of El Qasr 69

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