First Sight of the “Valley of the Mist.”
The Oases of the Libyan desert lie in depressions several hundred feet deep in the main plateau. This huge depression had not previously been reported. ([p. 95]).
Gazelle Trap. ([266])
Trap for Quail and Small Birds. ([268])
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These two ingenious traps are used by the people of Farafra Oasis, many of whom are great hunters.
After some discussion, during which he displayed much learning in his occult science, it was at length arranged that he should go through the performance on the following day.
The next morning he arrived with his staff and rosary and came up the stairs muttering prayers, or incantations, as before.