S Saddling up takes time, 13 Sadness, eastern, 23, 153 Sahara from Biskra, 50 Sahara map, 46 Saharan collections, first, 53 Saharan areas, pre-, 52 Sahara, physical nature of, 59 Sahara’s decay, 55, 57, 64, 195 Sahara’s life, key to, 194 Sahara’s population, 67 Sahara, vastness of, 48 Sakari in London, 281 Salt as currency, 111, 127 Salt, method of working, 120, 125 Sand, discomfort of 145, 192 Sand-dunes, 59 Sand encroaching, 51, 65, 192 Sandstorm, 206 Sea of Sand, 17 Sedentary people, 185 Seeking Kahena, 171 Siege jars, 103 Slave caravans, 66 Slaves, Tuareg, 142, 185 Social fabric of Sahara, 189 Speed of camel travel, 82 Spirits, depressed, 163, 209 Stars, 86, 257 Start, time of, 6 Storms, 202, 206, 241 Strain, prolonged, 91 Strange natives, 122 Strategy, 169 Sun-glare, 89 Sun, pitiless, 24, 81, 208 Sun, the rising, 18 T Taralum, the, 71 Tassili, 59, 220 Terrifying desolation, 81 Thousands of camels, 72, 77, 83 Tigguida n’Tisem, 121 Time of start, 6 Tobacco, craving for, 148, 264 Toilers, the, 191 Toll of the desert, 23 Touggourt, 261 Tracking, skilful, 159 Tragic decay, 67 Travel, formation of, 83 Travel, reason for, 199 Trek starts, a great, 79 Tribal names, 141 Tribes, 63, 67, 115, 122, 131, 140, 191 Tring Museum, 53 Tropical boundary, 53, 54 Tuareg dress, 85, 146 Tuareg encampments, 143, 145 Tuareg features, 151 Tuaregs, 63, 67, 84, 131, 140 Tuaregs idle, 164 Tuareg slaves, 142, 185 Tuareg villages, 189 Tuareg women, 146 V Vastness of Sahara, 48 Veil, the people of the, 131 Villages abandoned, 57, 67 Villages, Tuareg, 189 Vultures, 225 W War-wise people, 131 Water, 63, 144, 205, 210, 223 Well, an old, 57 White Feather, 21, 40 Wilderness homes, 143 Wild life, 217, 237 Wild life disappearing, 56 Wind, 81, 145 Wizard, the, 105 Women, Tuareg, 146 Y Yofa, 158, 177 Z Zoological boundary, 5 Zoological purpose, 53 Zoological collections, 217 ERRATA p. 41, line 2 up: for “to great count” read “too great to count.” p. 72, line 11: for “thes pectacle” read “the spectacle.” p. 178, line 7 up: for “spas” read “pass.” p. 286, line 18 up: for “[forward to much,]” read “[forward] too much.” THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, Captain ANGUS BUCHANAN, M.C., F.R.S.G.S. has written three other books in which those who have enjoyed ‘Sahara’ will be interested. EXPLORATION OF AÏR --OUT OF THE WORLD NORTH OF NIGERIA-- With Numerous Photographs by the Author and a Map. --16s.-- net. ‘This graphic record of his travel and adventures will interest a public far larger than the purely scientific one anxious to learn of new discoveries.’—_The Times._