ILLUSTRATIONS
| FACING PAGE | |
| Hassanein Bey | [Frontispiece] |
| The Oldest Man at Jalo | [17] |
| Sidi Hussein Weikil | [17] |
| Door to the Grand Senussi’s Tomb | [20] |
| The Tomb of the Founder of theSenussi | [20] |
| Camel Serenading the Camp atOuenat | [24] |
| A Dying Camel | [24] |
| Women of the Zaghawa Tribe | [29] |
| Sayed Idris El Senussi | [32] |
| The Judge of Jalo | [36] |
| Zerwali | [45] |
| Siwa | [48] |
| Panorama of Jaghbub | [52] |
| The Courtyard of the Mosque atJaghbub | [61] |
| A Cloister at the Mosque ofJaghbub | [65] |
| The Dome of the Mosque at Jaghbub | [65] |
| The Explorer’s Caravan in aSand-Storm | [69] |
| Desert Sands Covering Date-Trees | [72] |
| The Zieghen Well | [76] |
| A Halt in the Desert | [76] |
| The Armed Men of the Caravan | [81] |
| Happy Tebus at Kufra | [84] |
| A Bidiyat Family | [84] |
| Hawaria, a Landmark of Kufra | [88] |
| Camels Crossing the Sand-Dunes | [93] |
| Sayed Mohammed El Abid | [96] |
| The House of Sayed El Abid | [96] |
| Tebu Girl Wearing Bedouin Clothes | [100] |
| A Tebu with his Camel | [100] |
| Slave at Kufra | [104] |
| Tebu Girl Carrying Burden on herHead | [104] |
| Kufra | [109] |
| The Oasis of Hawari | [112] |
| South of Kufra | [116] |
| Ruins of Kufra | [120] |
| A Senussi Prince at Kufra | [125] |
| Governor of Kufra | [125] |
| Zwaya Chiefs at Kufra | [129] |
| The Lake at Kufra | [132] |
| El Taj | [136] |
| The Council of Kufra | [136] |
| Tuaregs in Kufra | [141] |
| Two Tuaregs in Warrior Attire | [141] |
| The Caravan on the Move in the Desertto Agah | [144] |
| Sons of Sheikh Herri | [148] |
| Approaching the Hills of Arkenu | [152] |
| In the Open Desert | [157] |
| The Hills of Arkenu | [161] |
| The Explorer’s Camp at Ouenat | [164] |
| The Caravan Approaching the GraniteHills of Ouenat | [164] |
| Valley of Erdi | [168] |
| Desert Breaking into Rock CountrySouth of Ouenat | [168] |
| The Desert from the Hills ofOuenat | [173] |
| The King of Ouenat | [176] |
| The Explorer’s Kitchen in a Cave | [181] |
| The Rock Valley Wells Found atOuenat | [181] |
| At Arkenu | [188] |
| The Most Important Discovery Made atOuenat | [188] |
| White Sand Valley and Explorer’sCamp | [193] |
| The Caravan Arriving at Ouenat | [197] |
| The Valley of Erdi | [200] |
| The First Tree Seen ApproachingErdi | [204] |
| The Explorer’s Camp in the Valley ofErdi | [208] |
| South of Erdi | [208] |
| The Chieftain of the BidiyatTribe | [213] |
| Two Bidiyat Men | [213] |
| Bidiyat Belles | [216] |
| Bidiyat Priest | [216] |
| A Bidiyat Girl, with Her Sister | [220] |
| A Bidiyat Girl, with Her Child | [220] |
| A Bidiyat Party | [225] |
| Girls at El Fasher Going toMarket | [225] |
| Bidiyat Women | [228] |
| Zaghawa Girl and Her Infant | [228] |
| Market at Um Buru | [232] |
| Explorer’s Camp at Um Buru | [237] |
| Zaghawa Chiefs Coming Out to Welcomethe Party at Um Buru | [241] |
| A Zaghawa Sheikh | [244] |
| A Zaghawa Woman | [244] |
| A Belle of the Zaghawa Tribe | [253] |
| Zaghawa Girl | [253] |
| Well on the Frontier of Darfur | [256] |
| A Water-Carrier in the Desert | [260] |
| A Woman of the Fallata Tribe | [260] |
| A Well near Kuttum in Darfur. WomenWorking | [269] |
| Sudanese Troops and Girls | [272] |
| Well on the Frontier of Darfur | [280] |
| A Chief of the Zaghawa Tribe ofDarfur | [289] |
| The Reception of the Explorer at ElFasher | [296] |
| El Fasher | [304] |
| MAP | |
| The Libyan Desert Showing the Author’sRoute | [8] |
THE LOST OASES
The Lost Oases
CHAPTER I
THE DESERT
ON my first trip through the Libyan Desert I took a vow.
We had lost our way, and we had lost all hope. There was no sign of the oasis we sought, no sign of any well near-by. The desert seemed cruel and merciless, and I vowed that if ever we came through alive I would not return again.