Chapter XV

CIVILISATION 271
APPENDIX I
SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE OF SAHARAN BIRD LIFE 291
APPENDIX II
SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE OF SAHARAN ANIMAL LIFE 295
INDEX 297

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
IN AGADES 4
NATIVE FOOD FOR THE LONG TRAIL 6
AN ORDINARY NIGHT CAMP 12
THE LONG, EXACTING MARCH 16
NOMAD AND CAMEL-MAN 20
THROUGH TO WATER AND RESTING 28
BRANDED 34
ALL MY COMRADES CARRIED STRANGE BOXES 36
MY NEW MASTER RODE ME ALL THAT DAY— 38
—AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP 38
HE STROKED ME OFTEN 42
A NOOK IN THE MOUNTAINLAND OF AÏR 50
SALT-BUSH 52
DISINTEGRATING ROCK 52
A DESERTED STONE-BUILT VILLAGE 54
TYPICAL TASSILI 58
A DEEP RAVINE IN TASSILI 60
A SAHARAN RIVER-BED 62
A CORNER OF THE CAMP AT TABELLO 72
FOOD FOR CAMELS 78
GLIMPSES OF THE TARALUM 80
PART OF THE TARALUM CAMPED 82
AMONG SAND-DUNES 86
THE TOLL OF THE DESERT 86
EFALI 90
A DOORWAY IN FACHI 96
THE “SEVEN PALMS” 96
THE RAMPARTS 98
A TOWN BUILT OF SALT 100
SHADOWS AT EVERY TURN 102
WOMEN OF FACHI 104
THE DEN OF THE FORTY THIEVES 106
THE SALT-PITS OF BILMA 114
SETTING THE SALT 116
MEN OF THE OASIS 118
FROM THE ROOF-TOPS THEY WATCHED 122
THE SALT-PANS OF TIGGUIDA N’TISEM 124
SALT OF TIGGUIDA 126
THE VEIL 132
A TUAREG WOMAN 134
A MAIDEN 138
TUAREG LADS 140
A TUAREG HOME 144
EATING FROM THE ONE DISH 146
A TUAREG VILLAGE 150
THE WELL-HEAD 150
WITH RIFLE AND EQUIPMENT 152
A BRIEF HALT 160
A SCENE IN AÏR 166
SPELLBOUND IN THE GRIP OF LIMITLESS SILENCE 170
WHEN THE DAY DAWNED 176
TOMBS ON THE DESERT 180
A SLAVE WOMAN 185
A TEBU WOMAN 186
A TEBU MAN 186
SEMI-SEDENTARY—AN EGUMMI NATIVE 188
WATER FOR IRRIGATION 190
A DATE GROVE 192
A WOMAN OF THE “DIARABBA” 194
A HALT AT AN OLD WELL 200
A SAHARAN WELL 202
SUNK THROUGH ROCK 206
A CAMP-FIRE 210
THE WAYFARER’S POSSESSIONS 212
A BIRD DISGUISE 220
TWO MALE OSTRICHES 222
CATTLE EGRETS 224
ARAB BUSTARDS 226
CARRION VULTURES 230
A MORNING’S BAG 238
BIG GAME 240
DORCAS GAZELLE 244
AARDVARK 248
A DESERT FOX 252
EVER HEADING NORTH 258
IN-SALAH MARKET 260
SCENE IN OUARGLA 262
BUCHANAN 264
GLOVER, T. A. 266
TOGETHER TO THE END 268
GOOD-BYE TO AFRICA 276
BACK TO CIVILISED CLOTHES 280
ALI AND SAKARI IN ENGLAND 284
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MAP _p._ 46
DIAGRAM OF ROCK DECAY _p._ 65

CHAPTER I

PREPARATIONS