CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
Preparations[1]
CHAPTER II
The Caravan[9]
An Explanation[29]
CHAPTER III
A Ship of the Desert[31]
CHAPTER IV
The Great South Road[45]
CHAPTER V
The Taralum[69]
CHAPTER VI
A City of Shadows[98]
CHAPTER VII
Salt of the Earth[109]
CHAPTER VIII
The People of the Veil[129]
CHAPTER IX
The Hand of Doom[155]
CHAPTER X
Servitude[188]
CHAPTER XI
Strange Camp-fires[197]
CHAPTER XII
Feathers, and the Places they frequent[215]
CHAPTER XIII
Mammals of the Sahara[285]
CHAPTER XIV
The North Star[255]
CHAPTER XV
Civilisation[271]
APPENDIX I
Scientific Nomenclature of Saharan Bird Life[291]
APPENDIX II
Scientific Nomenclature of Saharan Animal Life[295]
Index[297]