Chapter VII: “fantasias”

Social life in Siwa — Games — “Lubki” drinkers — Giving
alms to the poor — Sheikhs in fiction and in fact — “Beit
el Mal” — Ramadan, the Mohammedan Lent — The Mulid of Sidi
Suliman — Paying calls — Etiquette of eating — The religious
dance of the Medinia — The “Zikr” — Bacchanalian revels
— Siwan music and singing — Women dancers 239

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Walls of Siwa Frontispiece

Col. The Honble. M. G. Talbot, C.B.; Sheikh
Idris el Senussi; and The Idrisi of Luxor to face foreword

The Author „ page 2

A Falconer outside a Bedouin Camp „ „ 26

Silugi Hounds „ „ 30

Camel Corps „ „ 44

Camel Corps trekking to Siwa, near Megahiz Pass „ „ 58

Sheikh Mahdi Abdel Nebi, of Aghourmi, with his
Daughter and Cousin „ „ 70

Ruins of “Omm Beyda,” The Temple of Jupiter
Ammon „ „ 86

The Citadel and Mosque of El Atik „ „ 98

Gate into the Western Quarter „ „ 112

“Kasr Hassuna,” The District Officer’s House „ „ 120

Sheikh Mohammed Idris, the Chief of the Senussi „ „ 132

The Western Quarter from an Eastern Roof „ „ 144

Cleaning Tamousy Spring „ „ 160

In the Western Quarter „ „ 176

The Spring of Zeitoun „ „ 178

Siwa Town from the South „ „ 200

A Bride — The Daughter of Bashu Habun before
her Wedding „ „ 214

The Town-Crier’s Daughter „ „ 222

A Little Siwan Girl „ „ 238

A “Fantasia” at the tomb of Sidi Suliman „ „ 252

Map.