Chapter II: Appendix: III 326

INDEX 337

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HALF-TONES

MY _HAGIN_ OR RIDING CAMEL _FRONTISPIECE_

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RESOLING A CAMEL 40

KHARASHEF 48

SAND-GROVED RIDGE 48

IN OLD MUT 48

THE GATE OF QALAMUN 56

THE _’OMDA_ OF RASHIDA AND HIS FAMILY 56

A TEAPARTY IN DAKHLA OASIS 64

MAKING WOODEN PIPES 72

A STREET IN RASHIDA 72

THE MOST “IMPASSABLE” DUNE 88

VIEW, NEAR RASHIDA 96

A CONSPICUOUS ROAD—TO AN ARAB 96

BATTIKH 96

RATHER THIN 112

_WASM_ OR BRAND OF THE SENUSSIA 118

BREADMAKING IN THE DESERT 118

SIEVING THE BABY 118

_SOFUT_ 152

THE DESCENT INTO DAKHLA OASIS 152

A MADE ROAD 152

SHEYKH SENUSSI 200

HAGGI QUAYTIN 200

SHEYKH IBN ED DRIS 200

HAGGI QUAY 200

A BRIDE AND HER POTTERY 228

MARRIAGE PROCESSION IN DAKHLA OASIS 248

VEGETATION IN _HATTIA_ KAIROWIN 248

FIRST SIGHT OF THE “VALLEY OF THE MIST” 272

A GAZELLE TRAP 272

TRAP FOR SMALL BIRDS 272

A STREET IN KHARGA 312

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_’OMDA’_ HOUSE, TENIDA 38

SENUSSI _ZAWIA_ AT SMINT 40

OLD HOUSES IN MUT 42

THE TREE WITH A SOUL, RASHIDA 49

DER EL HAGAR, DAKHLA OASIS 58

SHEYKH AHMED’S GUEST HOUSE 65

OLD _’ALEM_, “VALLEY OF THE MIST” 112

DIAGRAM OF JEBEL EL BAYED 114

OLD WIND SHELTER, “VALLEY OF THE MIST” 117

ABD ER RAHMAN’S WIND SCOOP 123

OLD KHAN IN ASSIUT 133

UPPER FLOOR OF POST OFFICE 139

BLIND TOWN CRIER, MUT 141

SKETCH PLAN OF TRACKS ROUND JEBEL EL BAYED 175

PINNACLE ROCK ON DESCENT TO BU GERARA VALLEY 204

BOY WITH CROSSBOW, FARAFRA 226

SENUSSI PRAYING PLACE, BU MUNGAR 233

FLOUR MILL, RASHIDA 264

OLIVE MILL, RASHIDA 266

OLIVE PRESS, RASHIDA 267

KHATIM OR SEAL 274

SCORPION PROOF PLATFORM 283

ERODED ROCK, SOUTH-WEST OF DAKHLA 309

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