THE ALGERIAN SAHARA, 31 
wearing a variety of ornaments, and peeping into a Moorish 
bath, the inner room of which was intensely hot, and ex- 
amining the stock in trade of a negro who dealt in jewelry, 
scent, spurs, purses, and swords, and after collecting speci- 
mens of the Black Wheatear (Saxicola leucura), Little Owl 
(Athene glaux), Rock Dove (Columba livia, Lin., C. turricola 
Bp.). and Ultramarine Tit (Parus teneriffe, Less.), 1 made 
the discovery that I had seen all that was worth seeing at 
Boghari, and on the 8th I ensconced myself and my impedi- 
menta in the weekly “Diligence.” Six horses drag it. In 
the “Tell” eight are not considered too many; indeed I 
sometimes saw ten to a large vehicle, but then admirable as 
the French government roads are, the hilly nature of the 
country must be remembered. Mules and horses are yoked 
indifferently to the same vehicle. 
The first cavavanserai is Bougzoul. It is in the “ Hauts 
Plateaux.” <A cavavanserat in Algeria is a one-storied forti- 
fied house, enclosing a large court-yard, with chambers on 
two sides for the accommodation of travellers, and stabling 
for several horses. The “Hauts Plateaux” is a term for 
the northern portion of the Little Desert (or Algerian 
Sahara), which commences where the “Tell” ends, and ter- 
minates at Waregla. The water at Bougzoul is nearly 
unfit for drinking; it comes from the neighbouring marsh 
where the phenomenon of mirage may be seen. Canon 
Tristram found a profusion of aquatic birds at this marsh— 
Flamingos, Ruddy Shelducks, White-headed Ducks (£ris- 
matura mersa), Gull-billed Terns, White-winged Black 
Terns, Stilts, Purple Gallinules, Great-sedge Warblers, etc. 
When I was there it was nearly dry. The Sandgrouse, and 
the Desert Wheatear (Saxicola deserti, Rupp.) had sup- 
planted the waders. I obtained however one Flamingo, 
and was assured by many persons that they are occasionally 
found dead under the newly-constructed military telegraph, 
as well as “Ganga” (Sandgrouse) and other birds. The 
