INDEX 



347 



Buma, 192, 210, 211 



stories of Rohlfs' adventures 

 told at, ix 

 Bu Matar, Sheikh (see Suleiman 



Bu Matar) 

 Bu Regea, Sheikh, ix, 149, 150, 



156, 162 

 Burton, Sir Richard, a truism of, 



48 

 Bu Salama, 288, 291 

 Buseima, 15 

 dates of, 157 

 described, 154 

 dislike of strangers in, 159 

 enmity of, l63 

 fearsome tales of the Zouias of, 



143 

 "gara" of, in sight, 145 

 the charm of, 155 

 traces of Rohlfs' journey at, ix 

 translation of Arab document of 



welcome given at, 336-337 

 Zouia stronghold at, 91 

 Bush Naf el Ghadad, 177, 206 

 Buttafal, 15,91, 120, 121 



a time-honoured custom neg- 

 lected at, 217 

 Bu Zetina, Sayed Abdil Rahman, 

 194 



Camel, and sand grouse, story of 

 a, 260 

 regular pace of a, 270 

 Camel Corps Patrol, a welcome, 



306 

 Camels, a stampede of, 57, 274 

 effect of singing on, 79, 86, 145 

 how loaded, 51, 275 

 the first sign of thirst in, 285 

 their ninth day without water, 

 139 

 Caravans, task of loading, 115 

 Christmas in the desert, 112 et 



seq. 

 Cleopatra's asp, 235 



Coti face powder, coveted by 



Omar, 96 

 "Couss-couss," 200 

 Cyrenaica, 288 



Agil offers allegiance of Zouias 



to the Senussi in, 205 

 capital of, 1 

 future of, 110 

 Governor of, receives author, ix 



(see De Martino, Senator) 

 Italian control of, 19, 31 



Dahwa, 157 

 Dakhla Desert, I6 

 "Darb," definition of, 205 

 Dates, an Arab proverb regard- 

 ing, 274 

 their various uses in Kufara, 

 234 

 De Martino, Senator, ix, 3, 18, 



110 

 Desert, the, and the development 

 of character, 129 

 call of, 300 



Christmas in, 112 et seq. 

 cities: a celebrated group of, 



158 

 customs of, 65, 175 

 fatahsm of, 68, I68, 254, 265 

 hospitable customs of nomads 



of, 65, 117 

 how news is carried in, 67 

 how "roads" are marked in, 54 

 illusiveness of distances in, 50 

 mirages in, 53, 134, 135, 137, 



175, 277 

 moonlight in, 246 

 scent of, 4 



subtle and cruel charm of, 58 

 wireless telegraphy system of, 

 25, 54, 58 

 Diranjedi, 17, 156 

 Di Vita, General, ix, S 

 Drunkenness, punishment for, 

 153,227 



