INDEX
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A
Abandoned villages, 57, 67
Accumulating sand, 65
Agades, 67
Ahaggar Mountains, 60
Ahaggar, Tuaregs of, 140
Aïr Mountains, 60
Algiers, 264
Ali in London, 281
Alifa, 138
Alleys, a maze of, 99
Altitudes, 60
Amud, 138
Amusing native stories, 279
An accident, 42
An explanation, 29
Animals of the Sahara, 237
Anxieties of travel, 16
Area of Sahara, 48
Areas, pre-Saharan, 52
Arui, 246
Awe-inspiring immensity, 51
Awful heat, 24, 81
Azawaren natives, 122
B
Bad men hide, where, 107
Band, a hardened, 22
Barbary sheep, 246
Barbarism, to reclaim from, 273
Barren country, 59
Bartering salt, 127
Begging, 149
Berbers, Tuareg relation to, 131
Bezzou dies, 175
Big game, 238
Bilma, journey to, 77, 82
Bilma oasis, 113
Bird folklore, 221, 227
Bird life boundaries, 53
Birds of the Sahara, 217, 230
Biskra and the Sahara, 50
Brigandage, influence of, 139
Broken loads, 78
Buying equipment, 6
C
Camel, a riding, 39
Camel bought, 37
Camel dies, 23
Camel, early life of, 34
Camel-food, 74, 76
Camel friendship, 41
Camel-men, 11
Camel names, 21
Camels, a massed camp of, 80
Camels, hungry, 87
Camels, loading, 12
Camels—men—food—water, 15
Camels, number of, 20
Camels pay heavy price, 22, 258
Camels, sick, 15, 25, 209
Camels, thousands of, 72, 77, 83
Camp and rest, 27, 87
Camp-fires, 199
Caravan routes, old, 66
Change, geographic, 52
Character of northern natives, 140
Cheerful spirits, 17
Chibikee, 138
Civilisation, influence of, 140
Clouds, 64
Cold, 88
Collections, first Saharan, 53, 218, 230, 253
Contest for existence, 16
Country pitiless, 22
Cracked feet, 90
Cultivation in oases, 187
Cunning defence, 101
D
Dancers, a guild of, 193
Dangers of the trail, 137
Dawn, 17
Day closes, 26
Death of Feri N’Gashi, 44, 262
Decadence, 195
Decay of Sahara, 55, 64, 67
Decline of natives, 57, 162
Defence, cunning, 101
Den of forty thieves, 103
Departure, port of, 8
Depressed spirits, 163, 209
Desert, dread of the, 50, 287
Desert equipment, 72
Desert oases, 187
Desert of terrifying desolation, 81
Desert, the toll of the, 23
Desert, true, 59
Detail, importance of, 7
Diarabba, the, 193
Disappearing wild life, 56
Discovery of new species, 240
Distance travelled, 29, 261
Dividing line, the, 53
Dream, a strange, 214
Dreams materialise, 5
Dress of Tuaregs, 85, 146
Dromard, Lieutenant, 114
Dunes, 59
E
Eastern sadness, 23
Efali, 88, 92
Encroaching sand, 51
Endless sea of sand, 17
Enemies, among, 167
Enemies, feudal, 141
Environment of a desert camp, 153
Equipment, buying, 6
Equipment for the desert, 72
Equipment, saddle, 13
Exhaustion, 89, 208, 258
Expedition’s natives, 20, 258
Explored, new ground, 29
F
Fachi fort, 102
Fachi oasis, 82, 95
Fatigue, 26, 208
Fawna, 138
Feri N’Gashi, 21, 33, 40, 262
Feudal enemies, 141
Flies, 146
Flood, 204
Food and manners, 147
Food, camels’, 74, 76
Food desired, 259
Footsore, 90
Fuel, scarcity of, 191
G
Game on the move, 243
Gazelle and antelope, 239
Geographic change, 52
Giants, a legend of, 115
Giraffe, 53, 56
Glover, T. A., 8, 258
Grave journey begun, a, 161
Gravel plains, 59
Great trek starts, a, 79
Grim fortifications, 97
Guide, Bilma, 88, 92
Guild of Dancers, 193
H
Hamid of Timmersu, 84
Heat in the Sahara, 20, 24, 81
Highway for raiders, 95
History, legendary, 115
History of Bilma, 117
Home, 265
Homes in the wilderness, 143
Hungry camels, 87
I
Immensity, awe-inspiring, 51
Importance of detail, 7
Important influences, 51
Influence of brigandage, 139
J
Journey begun, a grave, 161
Journey to Bilma, 77
K
Kahena, 158, 171
Katsina, 36
Kowar depression, 95, 115
L
Landing, port of, 8
Land of antiquity, 50
Legendary history, 115
Legend surrounding skeletons, 182
Life of a camel, 33
Lion, 53, 56
Loading camels in dark, 12
Loads broken, 78
M
Malaria, 147, 187
Manners, 147
Map, 46
March begun, 14
Massacre, a, 117
Masters of the sword, 133
Men and beasts suffer, 89
Men sick, 16, 258
Memorable nights, 86
Migrants, bird, 226
Milk a staple food, 147
Mohammedan prayer, 18
Mountains, remarkable, 60
Museum’s support, 5
Museum, Tring, 58
N
Names of camels, 21
Natives, 63, 67, 84, 122
Natives, decline of, 57, 162
Natives with expedition, 20
Natron, 119
Nature of the Sahara, 59
New ground explored, 29
New species discovered, 240
Night, 26
Night camp, a, 87
Nomad possessions, 145
O
Oases, desert, 187
Oasis fortified, 96
Oasis of Bilma, 82, 113
Oasis of Fachi, 82, 95
Old traveller, 88
Oppressed by raids, 118
Origin of Tuaregs, 150
Oryx, white, 245
Ostrich, 53, 56
Ouargla, 259
Outlawry, 134, 138, 157
P
Pasturage, 63
Physical nature of Sahara, 59
Pidgin-English, 277
Pigeons, flocks of, 224
Pioneer, a, 4
Pitiless country, 22
Pitiless sun, 24, 81, 208
Plains of gravel, 59
Plan, bewildering, 99
Population declining, 57
Population, interior Sahara, 67
Port of departure, 8
Port of destination, 264
Prayer, Mohammedan, 18
Pre-Saharan areas, 51
Prolific salt-pits, 119
Prolonged strain, 91
R
Race, a strange, 123
Raid, a, 157
Raider, a, 133
Raiders, 96, 118, 123, 134, 138, 213
Rain, 147, 201, 241
Rainfall, 63
Rail-head in Algeria, 261
Rali, 157
Religion, 18, 51, 150, 154, 194
Rest and camp, 27
Revival unlikely, 65
Rhamadan, 154
Riding saddle, 13
Rifles replacing swords, 137
Rising of 1916, 136
Robbers’ camp, the, 165
Rock disintegration, 65
Rock drawings, 211
Rodd, Francis, 8
Rogue, a, 106
Routes, old caravan, 66
Ruse, a, 173
S
Saddling up takes time, 13
Sadness, eastern, 23, 153
Sahara from Biskra, 50
Sahara map, 46
Saharan collections, first, 53
Saharan areas, pre-, 52
Sahara, physical nature of, 59
Sahara’s decay, 55, 57, 64, 195
Sahara’s life, key to, 194
Sahara’s population, 67
Sahara, vastness of, 48
Sakari in London, 281
Salt as currency, 111, 127
Salt, method of working, 120, 125
Sand, discomfort of 145, 192
Sand-dunes, 59
Sand encroaching, 51, 65, 192
Sandstorm, 206
Sea of Sand, 17
Sedentary people, 185
Seeking Kahena, 171
Siege jars, 103
Slave caravans, 66
Slaves, Tuareg, 142, 185
Social fabric of Sahara, 189
Speed of camel travel, 82
Spirits, depressed, 163, 209
Stars, 86, 257
Start, time of, 6
Storms, 202, 206, 241
Strain, prolonged, 91
Strange natives, 122
Strategy, 169
Sun-glare, 89
Sun, pitiless, 24, 81, 208
Sun, the rising, 18
T
Taralum, the, 71
Tassili, 59, 220
Terrifying desolation, 81
Thousands of camels, 72, 77, 83
Tigguida n’Tisem, 121
Time of start, 6
Tobacco, craving for, 148, 264
Toilers, the, 191
Toll of the desert, 23
Touggourt, 261
Tracking, skilful, 159
Tragic decay, 67
Travel, formation of, 83
Travel, reason for, 199
Trek starts, a great, 79
Tribal names, 141
Tribes, 63, 67, 115, 122, 131, 140, 191
Tring Museum, 53
Tropical boundary, 53, 54
Tuareg dress, 85, 146
Tuareg encampments, 143, 145
Tuareg features, 151
Tuaregs, 63, 67, 84, 131, 140
Tuaregs idle, 164
Tuareg slaves, 142, 185
Tuareg villages, 189
Tuareg women, 146
V
Vastness of Sahara, 48
Veil, the people of the, 131
Villages abandoned, 57, 67
Villages, Tuareg, 189
Vultures, 225
W
War-wise people, 131
Water, 63, 144, 205, 210, 223
Well, an old, 57
White Feather, 21, 40
Wilderness homes, 143
Wild life, 217, 237
Wild life disappearing, 56
Wind, 81, 145
Wizard, the, 105
Women, Tuareg, 146
Y
Yofa, 158, 177
Z
Zoological boundary, 5
Zoological purpose, 53
Zoological collections, 217