Sand Grooved Ridge.
The wind driven sand grooves away the rock, sometimes leaving large ridges standing above its surface. ([p. 308]).
In Old Mut.
This shows the fortified character of the houses formerly built in the oases of the Libyan desert as a defence against raids. ([p. 41]).
The village is one of the prettiest and most fertile in the oasis. It is built on a low ridge lying at the south-east corner of a very extensive grove of palms, in whose shade were planted great numbers of fruit trees: figs, mulberries, apricots, oranges, tangerines—known in Egypt under the curious name of Yussef effendi, i.e. Mr. Joseph—bananas, almonds, pomegranates, limes, lemons, olives and sweet lemons, the last bearing a large, tasteless, but very juicy fruit, something like a citron in appearance.
THE TREE WITH A SOUL, RASHIDA.
The village lies close to the cliff. The interior of the village was of the normal type, and, beyond presenting an unusually prosperous appearance and having the walls of some of its houses painted on the outside in geometrical patterns, usually in red and white, did not differ from the other villages in the oasis.