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“ Begra el Ouash” within a few days of Douz; possibly this was 
the Bubal, though I was assured that he had got the Addax. 
_M. Cornex (a Swiss) had adopted the religion and dress of the 
Arabs, and had therefore facilities of reaching places and avoiding 
dangers that were quite exceptional. 
In 1894 the Touaregs raided as far north as the southern 
shores—if they can be called shores—of the Chott Djereed. In 
1895 we crossed the western end of this Chott, and, so as far as we 
could judge or learn, the Chott was without water in any part; 
it had been an exceptionally dry year, and the country between 
the mountains and the Djereed we found absolutely devoid of 
inhabitants. 
Fig. 1. 
Horns of “ Addax”: front view. 
At El Oued there was in the fort a tame Addax familiarly 
called “ Begra,” and this was the only living specimen we saw 
during our journey. It was not a very good example, but had 
rather a fine pair of horns. It had been presented by some 
Chambas to the Commandant. 
