[55] Tristram, “The Great Sahara,” p. 354.

[56] Martins. “Du Spitzberg au Sahara,” in loc.

[57] Fromentin. “Une Eté dans le Sahara.”

[58] Moore’s “Poetical Works”—Veiled Prophet of Khorassan

[59] Martins, “Du Spitzberg au Sahara,” p. 562.

[60] Dean Stanley, “Sinai and Palestine,” pp. 68, 69.

[61] Philip Smith, “History of the World,” i. 286.

[62] T. W. Atkinson, “Travels on the Russo-Chinese Frontiers.”

[63] Moore, “Lalla Rookh”—The Fire-Worshippers.

[64] Homer, “Odyssey,” book xi., Pope’s Translation.