B Bad men hide, where, 107 Band, a hardened, 22 Barbary sheep, 246 Barbarism, to reclaim from, 273 Barren country, 59 Bartering salt, 127 Begging, 149 Berbers, Tuareg relation to, 131 Bezzou dies, 175 Big game, 238 Bilma, journey to, 77, 82 Bilma oasis, 113 Bird folklore, 221, 227 Bird life boundaries, 53 Birds of the Sahara, 217, 230 Biskra and the Sahara, 50 Brigandage, influence of, 139 Broken loads, 78 Buying equipment, 6 C Camel, a riding, 39 Camel bought, 37 Camel dies, 23 Camel, early life of, 34 Camel-food, 74, 76 Camel friendship, 41 Camel-men, 11 Camel names, 21 Camels, a massed camp of, 80 Camels, hungry, 87 Camels, loading, 12 Camels—men—food—water, 15 Camels, number of, 20 Camels pay heavy price, 22, 258 Camels, sick, 15, 25, 209 Camels, thousands of, 72, 77, 83 Camp and rest, 27, 87 Camp-fires, 199 Caravan routes, old, 66 Change, geographic, 52 Character of northern natives, 140 Cheerful spirits, 17 Chibikee, 138 Civilisation, influence of, 140 Clouds, 64 Cold, 88 Collections, first Saharan, 53, 218, 230, 253 Contest for existence, 16 Country pitiless, 22 Cracked feet, 90 Cultivation in oases, 187 Cunning defence, 101 D Dancers, a guild of, 193 Dangers of the trail, 137 Dawn, 17 Day closes, 26 Death of Feri N’Gashi, 44, 262 Decadence, 195 Decay of Sahara, 55, 64, 67 Decline of natives, 57, 162 Defence, cunning, 101 Den of forty thieves, 103 Departure, port of, 8 Depressed spirits, 163, 209 Desert, dread of the, 50, 287 Desert equipment, 72 Desert oases, 187 Desert of terrifying desolation, 81 Desert, the toll of the, 23 Desert, true, 59 Detail, importance of, 7 Diarabba, the, 193 Disappearing wild life, 56 Discovery of new species, 240 Distance travelled, 29, 261 Dividing line, the, 53 Dream, a strange, 214 Dreams materialise, 5 Dress of Tuaregs, 85, 146 Dromard, Lieutenant, 114 Dunes, 59 E Eastern sadness, 23 Efali, 88, 92 Encroaching sand, 51 Endless sea of sand, 17 Enemies, among, 167 Enemies, feudal, 141 Environment of a desert camp, 153 Equipment, buying, 6 Equipment for the desert, 72 Equipment, saddle, 13 Exhaustion, 89, 208, 258 Expedition’s natives, 20, 258 Explored, new ground, 29 F Fachi fort, 102 Fachi oasis, 82, 95 Fatigue, 26, 208 Fawna, 138 Feri N’Gashi, 21, 33, 40, 262 Feudal enemies, 141 Flies, 146 Flood, 204 Food and manners, 147 Food, camels’, 74, 76 Food desired, 259 Footsore, 90 Fuel, scarcity of, 191 G Game on the move, 243 Gazelle and antelope, 239 Geographic change, 52 Giants, a legend of, 115 Giraffe, 53, 56 Glover, T. A., 8, 258 Grave journey begun, a, 161 Gravel plains, 59 Great trek starts, a, 79 Grim fortifications, 97 Guide, Bilma, 88, 92 Guild of Dancers, 193