From Sphinx to oracle; through the Libyan desert to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1899 Excerpt: ... 105 CHAPTER XI ARRIVAL AT SI WA Leaving Gara and passing through the oasis, in which the men were inclined to loiter, we ascended the hammdda and reached the Plateau, bearing more and more to the west as we advanced. On this elevated region, which was ' as level as a billiard-board,' covered with gravel, and sounding hollow to the tread in many places, we camped for the night, at an altitude above the oasis of about 550 ft. Being now on the threshold of Senussi-land, we travelled more circumspectly. That evening the men set to work and cleaned their guns; whilst the camp was formed into a zariba, as a matter of simple precaution. We were having beautiful moonlight nights, and warm. Next day, Saturday, April 2, we started early and, shortly after noon, reached the other end of the tongue of tableland, passing several skeletons of camels. Descending into a wide gully, which had all the appearance of a dried-up lake, we emerged at the further side, on the margin of the oasis of Siwa, camping, at sundown, among the first patches of vegetation. We were now within a day's journey of our goal. It had been a most exhausting march; and we were thankful to get into camp. A khamsin had been fighting us all day; and we had to face both wind and sun in the afternoon, during which the scorching heat was almost unbearable. Had we encountered this storm just before reaching Gara, our fate might have been different. I find a very brief entry in my diary that night, a considerable portion of which was spent in making preparations for my arrival at Siwa: sorting baggage, arranging presents, &c. Eising at 5.30, we started at 7.0 o'clock. The khamsin was still blowing hard; and it prevailed, getting hotter and hotter, all day. It was like battling against the blast of a furnace.... NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.