Adventures in the Libyan Desert
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Excerpt from Adventures in the Libyan Desert: And the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon Agreeable Associations of the name Oasis - Alexander and the Oracle - Desire to visit Síwah - Difficulties of the Journey - Only one Englishman had preceded me; not a Dozen Europeans altogether - Preliminary Trip to the Arab´s Tower - My Companions - Utility of the Knowledge of Arabic - Our Preparations - Donkeys - Camels - Attendants - Start for what the Iskenderanehs call the "Desert of Dogs" - Last View of Alexandria - Coast - Valley - Reach Abusir - Giovanni Sciarabati - Discussions with the Bedawins - Life of Yúnus Abú Shayen - Ruins at Abusír - The Arab´s Tower - Temple of Augustus - Traces of an ancient City - Illustration of Strabo - Former Cultivation of the Libyan Desert - Our Tent - Night Scene - Scorpions - Hyæna - "Flying Serpents." We have all, no doubt, at some period of life suffered our minds to dwell with pleasure on the idea of an oasis - an island of verdure amidst a sea of sand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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