The secret of the Sahara : Kufara . he monotonousbrick-red sands. The whole of this portion of the oasiswas inhabited by the Sayeds slaves and we saw numbersof blacks, men, women and children, working in thegardens or driving small, pale grey donkeys laden withdates. We camped on the edge of the village and AbdulRahim nearly had a fit when he saw me wander off tophotograph the houses, gleaming white between thepalms. He ran after me almost foaming with general state of nerves was beginning to get boring. The houses of Hawari are almost like Europeanbuildings. They are exceedingly we
The secret of the Sahara : Kufara . he monotonousbrick-red sands. The whole of this portion of the oasiswas inhabited by the Sayeds slaves and we saw numbersof blacks, men, women and children, working in thegardens or driving small, pale grey donkeys laden withdates. We camped on the edge of the village and AbdulRahim nearly had a fit when he saw me wander off tophotograph the houses, gleaming white between thepalms. He ran after me almost foaming with general state of nerves was beginning to get boring. The houses of Hawari are almost like Europeanbuildings. They are exceedingly well constructed ofsand bricks in regular lines, square, solid, flat-roofed,with windows,^ but many of the yards have quite lowwalls, all of which are neatly coped. We had scarcelyput up the tent when the sheikh of the zawia, MusaSquaireen, arrived to inquire our business. He was soonfollowed by the leading Zouia headmen, among themMusa Gharibeel and Mansur Bu Badr of the a circle of a dozen were sitting round our hastily. GARDEXS AXD LAKE AT BlSEIMJ
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