XX CONTENTS

PAGB deferred bath— Legin and its beautiful colour—A prehistoric ruin —We are past the nightmare country—My i^uide is an ancient smuggler—A good dinner at last— Rats on the menu—My bed a hole in the sand—The end of my journeyings.... 302

CHAPTER XXIV

The camel, its faults and virtues— Its capabilities—Care must be

lavished on it—A pet in some tribes—How it should Ije ridden —Do not crowd your camels . , . , . . Ji?

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