| CHAPTER |
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| I. | THE LIBYAN DESERT AND ITS OASES | [1]
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| II. | EARLY RECORDS | [12]
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| III. | THE ROADS LEADING TO THE OASIS | [25]
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| IV. | TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY | [45]
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| V. | THE NORTHERN VILLAGES | [61]
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| VI. | THE SOUTHERN VILLAGES | [75]
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| VII. | THE OASIS UNDER PERSIAN AND ROMAN RULE | [86]
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| VIII. | THE EXTINCT LAKES OF THE OASIS | [110]
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| IX. | THE UNDERGROUND WATER-SUPPLY | [123]
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| X. | FLOWING WELLS: SOME EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS | [139]
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| XI. | THE ORIGIN OF THE ARTESIAN WATERS | [154]
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| XII. | THE ANCIENT SUBTERRANEAN AQUEDUCTS | [167]
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| XIII. | BORING METHODS: ANCIENT AND MODERN | [186]
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| XIV. | THE CONTEST BETWEEN MAN AND WIND- BORNE SAND | [198]
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| XV. | SOME ECONOMICAL ASPECTS OF THE OASIS | [212]
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| XVI. | SOME NOTES ON SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY | [224]
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| APPENDIX: LITERATURE ON THE OASIS OF KHARGA | [234]
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| INDEX | [237]
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