saugnier's shipwreck. 
boo, Ghanat, Agadez, Augela, and Berdoa. The 
inhabitants of these Oases are sometimes isolated 
for ages from the rest of mankind. Having never 
seen any people but their countrymen, nor any 
other part of the earth except the sands by which 
they are surrounded, they consider themselves as 
the only nation in the world, and think the boun- 
dary of their land that of the universe. Messrs 
Saugnier and Brisson, who, in 1784 and 1785, 
traversed that part of the desert which lies upon 
the Atlantic, have described the manners, cus- 
toms, and modes of life of its inhabitants, with 
greater accuracy than had been done by any 
other traveller, though, from their peculiar situa- 
tion, we may expect the picture to be rather 
overcharged. 
M. Saugnier, in a voyage to Senegal, was ship- 
wrecked off the mountains of Wei de Non, in the 
country of the Mongearts. After being plunder- 
ed, he and his companions were separated, and 
enslaved by the Mongearts and Monselemines. 
He was conducted by some Arabs towards Sene- 
gal ; but, from the hostilities of some of the inter- 
jacent tribes, they found it impossible to proceed 
beyond Cape Blanco, and were forced to return 
to that part of the desert which separates the 
Monselemines from the Mongearts. During this 
journey, which continued thirty days, his food 
consisted only of milk mixed with cameFs urine^ 
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