Sahara

Name: Sahara
Author: Buchanan, Angus

Buchanan, Angus

Natural history -- Sahara; Sahara -- Description and travel

Arui, or Barbary Sheep (B)
Damas Gazelle (B).
Dorcas Gazelle.
White Oryx.
Addax.
Wart Hog.
Baboon.
Small Mouse-eared Bat.
Small White and Brown Bat.
Small Long-tailed Bat.
Desert Hedgehog.
Hausa Wild Cat (A).
Desert Wild Cat.
Genet.
Caracal, or Lynx (B).
Rufous Mongoose (B)
Striped Hyena.
Jackal.
Buff Desert Fox (B).
Grey Rock Fox (B).
Fennec.
Ratel (A).
Saharan Ground Squirrel (B).
Dormouse (A).
Long-tailed Naked-soled Gerbil.
Hairy-soled Gerbil.
Dark Naked-soled Gerbil.
Lesser Naked-soled Gerbil.
Dwarf Gerbil (A).
Large Fawn Gerbil (B).
Large Dark Gerbil.
Large Rufous-headed Gerbil.
Multimanimate Rat (A).
Reddish Spiny Rock Mouse (A).
Dark Spiny Mouse.
Brindled Field Rat (B).
Jerboa (B).
Porcupine (A).
Gundi (A).
Short-eared Hare (A).
Rock Dassy (A).
Aardvark, or Ant Bear.

Twenty-two additional mammals found in the Western Sudan, on the
southern margin of the Sahara, between latitudes 12° and 16°:

Korrigum, or Tiang.
Red-fronted Gazelle.
Small Leaf-nosed Bat.
Epauletted Bat.
Long-eared Slit-faced Bat.
Saharan Hedgehog.
Mann’s Shrew.
Large White-tailed Mongoose.
Jackal.
Pallid Fox.
Rothschild’s Skunk (near) (A).
Large Striped Skunk (near).
Ground Squirrel.
Naked-soled Gerbil (B).
Nigerian Hairy-soled Gerbil (A).
Fat-tailed Mouse.
Gambian Giant Rat.
Buchanan’s Giant Rat (A).
Dwarf Mouse.
Striped Bush Mouse (A).
Brindled Field Rat.
West African Porcupine.

[Illustration: A DESERT FOX]




                              CHAPTER XIV

                            THE NORTH STAR

[Illustration]



                              CHAPTER XIV

                            THE NORTH STAR


_To succeed in crossing the Sahara_ was the one great purpose of
the expedition that stood out before all others from the day of
starting until the end.

Consequently anxious thoughts were ever pointed to the north
throughout the whole period of travel, and in due time it followed
that the North Star became my most significant and constant friend.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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SaharaBuchanan, Angus

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Sahara

Buchanan, Angus

Natural history -- Sahara; Sahara -- Description and travel

Arui, or Barbary Sheep (B)
Damas Gazelle (B).
Dorcas Gazelle.
White Oryx.
Addax.
Wart Hog.
Baboon.
Small Mouse-eared Bat.
Small White and Brown Bat.
Small Long-tailed Bat.
Desert Hedgehog.
Hausa Wild Cat (A).
Desert Wild Cat.
Genet.
Caracal, or Lynx (B).
Rufous Mongoose (B)
Striped Hyena.
Jackal.
Buff Desert Fox (B).
Grey Rock Fox (B).
Fennec.
Ratel (A).
Saharan Ground Squirrel (B).
Dormouse (A).
Long-tailed Naked-soled Gerbil.
Hairy-soled Gerbil.
Dark Naked-soled Gerbil.
Lesser Naked-soled Gerbil.
Dwarf Gerbil (A).
Large Fawn Gerbil (B).
Large Dark Gerbil.
Large Rufous-headed Gerbil.
Multimanimate Rat (A).
Reddish Spiny Rock Mouse (A).
Dark Spiny Mouse.
Brindled Field Rat (B).
Jerboa (B).
Porcupine (A).
Gundi (A).
Short-eared Hare (A).
Rock Dassy (A).
Aardvark, or Ant Bear.

Twenty-two additional mammals found in the Western Sudan, on the
southern margin of the Sahara, between latitudes 12° and 16°:

Korrigum, or Tiang.
Red-fronted Gazelle.
Small Leaf-nosed Bat.
Epauletted Bat.
Long-eared Slit-faced Bat.
Saharan Hedgehog.
Mann’s Shrew.
Large White-tailed Mongoose.
Jackal.
Pallid Fox.
Rothschild’s Skunk (near) (A).
Large Striped Skunk (near).
Ground Squirrel.
Naked-soled Gerbil (B).
Nigerian Hairy-soled Gerbil (A).
Fat-tailed Mouse.
Gambian Giant Rat.
Buchanan’s Giant Rat (A).
Dwarf Mouse.
Striped Bush Mouse (A).
Brindled Field Rat.
West African Porcupine.

[Illustration: A DESERT FOX]




                              CHAPTER XIV

                            THE NORTH STAR

[Illustration]



                              CHAPTER XIV

                            THE NORTH STAR


_To succeed in crossing the Sahara_ was the one great purpose of
the expedition that stood out before all others from the day of
starting until the end.

Consequently anxious thoughts were ever pointed to the north
throughout the whole period of travel, and in due time it followed
that the North Star became my most significant and constant friend.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Sahara

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