Mohammed Said, 112 Mohammedan invasion, 5, 94 _Moorina_, survivors of, 130 Morals, Siwan, 150 Morocco, xviii, 119 Mosques, 139, 242 Motors, 11, 127, 261 Moussa Ibn Nosseir, 90 Mud pans, 51 Muezzins, 69, 155 Mulids, 246 Mummies, 192 Music, 255, 256 Nabis, 79 Naming children, 212, 213 Napoleon, 101 Nasamonians, 4 Natrun Wadi, 102 Negb Mejberry, 182 Niger, river, 79 Night life, 241 Nile, river, 79 Noah, 77 Nomads, 17 Oases, xix, 1, 75, 78, 177 Occupations at Siwa, 170 Officials, Egyptian, 67 Old age, Siwan, 197 Oldest inhabitant, 197; his wedding, 198 Olives, 178; press for, 179; oil, 178, 260 Omm Beyda, 82 Opium, 241 Orange tree, fabulous, 91 Painting, 171; mural, 184 Palms, date, 156; cultivation, 157 Pan-Islamic possibilities, 4 Parætonium, 7, 84 Partridges, 31 Peyton, General, xxiv Persia, 81 Persians, 5 Pharaoh, 85 Phœnicians, 77 Photography, 171; photo of Siwa, 4 Pigeons, 31; carrier, 204 Pilgrimage, 234, 235, 236 Pindar, 79 Plague, 95 Pliny, 76 Police, Siwan, 65, 100, 253 Polygamy, 21 Population, 2 Postman, Senussi, 198 Pottery, 199 Pumice stone, 13 Puttees, worn by Senussi, 127 Quail, 31 Quarrel of East and West, 98, 99 Quinine, 160 Qur el Beid, 47 Rabbits, 145 Raid, rifle, 72 Rains, 5, 32, 33, 125 Ram-headed divinity, xix, 75, 78, 85, 86 Ramadan, 244, 245 Rameses, 75 _Rasheed_, gunboat, 124 Rashwan, King, 94 Rats as food, 169 Ravens lead Alexander, 85 Rest houses, 13 Revolt of Siwans against Senussi, 128 Ritual of temple, 85, 86 Rodd, Francis, xxiii Rollins history, 77 Romans, 9, 44, 88; road, 17 Roofs, 144 Roses, 165 Routine, daily, at Siwa, 63 Royal Artillery, 8 Royle, Major, 124 Sacrifice of bull, 234 Sahara, 191 St. John, Bayle, 105 St. Menas, xxii, 4 Said Pasha, 108 Sakhit Amouou, 78 Saleh Said, Sheikh, 65 Salt, 91; lakes, 159; tribute, 159 Samovars, 189 Sand-storms, 80 Santarieh, 90 Sayed Ahmed, 122, 123; at Siwa, 126; goes to Dakhla, 128; flight from Siwa, 129; retires to Turkey, 131; character, 132 Sayed Mohammed, xxv Scarp, 14, 16, 17, 29, 31; in spring, 32; ascent of, 47 School, 139 Scorpions, 205 Sebukh, 97, 159, 182 Semna, 24 Senagra tribe, 4 Senussi, xxiv, 8; rebellion, 18, 38; brethren, 52; power of, 109, 110, 111; peace made by, 114; operations against, 117; history of, 118, 119, 120, 121; at outbreak of war, 122; campaign against British, 123-132 Serpents, 91 Servants, 61, 245 Shaigis, 44 Sharks, 12 Sheep, 25 Sheikhs, Siwan, 65; in fiction, 243 Shells, 87 Sheytan, 208 Shops, 139, 140, 141 Shyata, 185 Sightseers, 135 Sikhs, 125 Silius Italicus, 79 Silugis, 29, 47 Sinai, xiv, 37 Singer, 4
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