FOOTNOTES:

[1]Trifolium Alexandrinum, L.

[2]Medicago Sativa (Lucerne).

[3]An ardeb = 300 lbs.

[4]Peasant of the Nile Valley or oasis.

[5]“The Libyan Desert from Native Information,” R.G.S.J., Sept., 1913.

[6]“Travels in the Libyan Desert,” R.G.S.J., Feb., 1912.

[7]“The Farafra Depression and Bu Mungar hattia,” R.G.S.J., Nov., 1913.

[8]“The Farafra Depression and Bu Mungar hattia,” R.G.S.J., Nov., 1913, pp. 455-461.

[9]“Travels in the Libyan Desert,” R.G.S.J., Feb., 1912.

[10]See R.G.S.J. “The Nature and Formation of Sand Ripples and Dunes,” March, 1916, pp. 189-209. “Study of a Dune Belt,” January, 1918, pp. 16-33. Discussion on the latter paper, April, 1918, pp. 250-258.

[11]“Customs, Superstitions and Songs of the Western Oases,” Cairo, Aug., 1914.

[12]“Irrigation in Dakhla Oasis,” R.G.S.J., Nov., 1917.

[13]“The Geographical Distribution of some Plants from the Libyan Desert,” Cairo, Oct., 1913.

[14]Calotropis procera.

[15]Malva parviflora, L.

[16][p. 146.]

[17][p. 262.]

[18]“North American Deserts.” Prof. D. T. MacDougal, R.G.S.J. Vol. XXXIX, No. 2.

[19]“Problems in Exploration: Africa.” By F. R. Cana, R.G.S.J., Nov., 1911, p. 464.

[20]See also “The Libyan Desert from Native Information,” R.G.S.J., Sept., 1913.

[21]Hassanein Bey’s observations have shown that Rohlfs’ position for Boema in Kufara is some twenty-five miles in error.

[22]See note on [p. 319.]

[23]“The Sand Dunes of the Libyan Desert.” By H. L. Beadnell, R.G.S. Vol. XXXV, p. 383

[24][p. 96.]

[25]See [p. 90.]

[26]“Note sur quelques stations nouvelles, ou peu connu, de pierres écrites du Sahara,” par M. Q. B. M. Flamand.

[27]Waddington and Hanbury, “Journal of a Visit to some parts of Ethiopia,” 1882. Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 268.

[28]Oric Bates, “Nomad Burials in Marmarica.” “Man,” Vol. XII. No. 10.

[29]“Note sur quelques stations nouvelles, ou peu connu, de pierres écrites du Sahara,” par G. M. B. Flamand, p. 9.

[30]Referred to by G. B. M. Flamand, op. cit.