348 THE SECRET OF SAHARA: KUFARA 



"Dune of Firepots," the, l67 

 Dunes, elusive, 267, 268, 270 et 



seq. 

 Durur, servant of Sidi Saleh, 223 



Eagle, an, Yusuf's story of, 266 

 East, the, fatalism of,' 68, 168, 

 254, 265 



heredity and, 194 



hospitable customs of, 65, 117 

 Eastern Sahara, tbe, oases of, 15 

 Eckhart, l6 



Egypt, destruction of Senussi 

 zawias in, 109 



vulnerable of attack, xi 

 Egyptian forts, xi 

 El Abd, 157 

 El Abed, Sidi, 194, 223 

 El Amra, a halt at, 301 

 El Atash, 140 

 El Erg, 99, 112 

 El Gumma, 239 

 El Harrash, 172 

 El Kasr, 91 

 El Wadi, 91, 157 

 Eritreans, 1 



European policy towards Arabs, 

 63 



Fadil, Jebail, 229 

 Fagil, Sidi el. Imam, 295 

 Faied tribe, the, 206 

 Faisul, Emir, 111 

 Faqrun, Maihub, 154, 156 

 Faqrun, Saleh, 154, 156, l63 

 Farafra, route to Kufara, 92 

 Farraj, 56, 59, 61, 81, 82, 151, 

 158, 166, 180 

 his mighty oath, 66 

 politeness of, in trying circum- 

 stances, 136 

 "Fatha," the (opening sura of the 

 Koran), as both blessing and 

 oath, 27 

 Fawai tribe, 151 



Feasts in the Holy Place, 185 



et seq. 

 Feisha, the, and its significance, 



99 

 Festal sheep, sacrifice of, 156 

 Fetater, Haji, 26, 82, l63 

 Fezzan desert, 14 

 "Firepots, Dune of," l67 

 Flea-hunting in Jedabia, 60 

 Forbes, Rosita ("Sitt Khadija"), 

 a prisoner in earnest, 185 



et seq. 

 a risky snapshot in Kufara, 202 

 a shooting match with the Mo- 



jabras, 69 

 a terrible walk, 136 

 across the desert with She-ib, 



64 et seq. 

 an interrupted visit to Hawa- 



wiri, 180 et seq. 

 an imcomfortable doze, 285, 



286 

 an unforgettable picture, 273 

 and Haji Fetater, 26, 82, l63 

 and Hassanein's accident, 302 



et seq. 

 at a dinner to the Emir, 3 

 bargains for festal sheep, 152 

 depressing Job's comforters 



and, 229 

 discovers human skeletons, l69 

 dines with Sayed Rida, 12 

 dislocates her foot, 13, 49 

 dispenses medicine, 179, 247 

 draws sand maps at Taiserbo, 



158 

 encounters a severe gibli, ll6 



et seq. 

 end of her most unpleasant 



Christmas, 125 

 enters the dwelling of Sidi 



Idris, 194 

 enters the Holy Place, 198 

 fatalism of her retinue, 136 

 et seq. 



