Mysteries of the Libyan Desert

by W. J. Harding King

MYSTERIES OF THE LIBYAN DESERT

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My Hagin, or Riding Camel.

The saddle bags, or hurj, are gaily coloured and the rider rests his legs on the leather pad over the withers, the camel being controlled by a single rein. ([p. 33).]

MYSTERIES OF THE
LIBYAN DESERT

A RECORD OF THREE YEARS OF EXPLORATION
IN THE HEART OF THAT VAST &
WATERLESS REGION

BY
W. J. HARDING KING, F.R.G.S.
Awarded Gill Memorial in 1919 by the Royal Geographical Society
AUTHOR OF “A SEARCH FOR THE MASKED TAWAREKS,” &c.

WITH 49 ILLUSTRATIONS & 3 MAPS

London
Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
196 Shaftesbury Avenue
1925

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“In a land that the sand overlays—the ways to her gates are untrod.

A multitude ended their days whose fates were made splendid by God,

Till they grew drunk and were smitten with madness and went to their fall,

And of this is a story written: but Allah alone knoweth all!”

Kipling—The City of Brass.

Printed in Great Britain at
The Mayflower Press, Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.

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