Note 127 — IBN BAṬÚṬAH’S JOURNEY.
Reading edition
The solitude and dangers of the desert naturally incline the mind to the terrors of superstition. Marco Polo (Marsden’s edit. p. 159) relates that the Desert of Lop, in Tatary, is haunted by spirits who call travellers by their names in the voice of friends, and lead them astray.