VOL. I.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

M.D.CCC.XLVIII.

JAMES RICHARDSON ESQ^r.

In the Ghadamsee Costume.

ENGRAVED BY GEORGE COOK FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING.

London: Richard Bentley, 1848.

LONDON

HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS,

ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

Table of Contents

page

Introductionxi

Illustrationsxxxii

I.From Tunis to Tripoli1

II.From Tripoli to the Mountains25

III.From the Mountains to Ghadames41

IV.Residence in Ghadames to Beginning of the Ramadan89

V.The Fast of the Ramadan129

VI.The Fast of the Ramadan159

VII.Fast of the Ramadan190

VIII.Fast of the Ramadan221

IX.Continued Residence in Ghadames246

X.Continued Residence in Ghadames277

XI.Continued Residence in Ghadames301

XII.Preparations for going to Soudan330

XIII.Preparations for going to Soudan358

XIV.From Ghadames to Ghat383

XV.From Ghadames to Ghat410

List of Illustrations

page

Plates.

Portrait of the Authorfacing Title-page.

Map of the Desertviii

Slave Caravanxxxii

Wood-Cuts.

Arab Tents30

Facsimile Specimen of the Writing of a Young Taleb114

Manner of drawing Water from Wells127

Great Spring of Ghadames185

Bas-Relief210

Square of Fountains225

City of Ghadames268

Cistern of an Ancient Tower282

Negro's Head303

Ancient Ruins of Ghadames357

Region of Sands407

Rocking Rock436

MAP

ILLUSTRATING

THE TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES

OF

JAMES RICHARDSON

IN

THE GREAT DESERT OF SAHARA

BY

JAMES WYLD

GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN

London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1848.

ENGRAVED BY J. WYLD, CHARING CROSS EAST