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... oasis to oasis . In choosing the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott as my beginning I was selecting a place virtually on the sea- shore of the Atlantic , where I might expect to obtain camels . From there I would ride in a southeasterly ...
... oasis to oasis . In choosing the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott as my beginning I was selecting a place virtually on the sea- shore of the Atlantic , where I might expect to obtain camels . From there I would ride in a southeasterly ...
Page 87
... oasis with camels until darkness had fallen ; otherwise they wouldn't settle down for the night . He slept most of his time away , while I wrote my notes and young Mahomed cleaned his beloved rifle . As a weapon it was useless , for it ...
... oasis with camels until darkness had fallen ; otherwise they wouldn't settle down for the night . He slept most of his time away , while I wrote my notes and young Mahomed cleaned his beloved rifle . As a weapon it was useless , for it ...
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... oasis . That , said Ibra- him , wouldn't be necessary : the youth could attend to them ; we must go on . Something thudded sickeningly close to my heart . This man , whom I had come to admire and to love as if he were my brother , had ...
... oasis . That , said Ibra- him , wouldn't be necessary : the youth could attend to them ; we must go on . Something thudded sickeningly close to my heart . This man , whom I had come to admire and to love as if he were my brother , had ...
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afternoon Aguelhok ahead Ahmed ould Ahmed's Akjoujt Algeria animal Arabic asked Assekrem Atar baggage Bamako beasts began body boubou bouctou bull camels Chig Chinguetti companion couple crossed desert dunes Erbah eyes face fear feet felt ground guerbas Gul Mahomed half hand Hassaniya hauled head headcloth headrope heat highway hour Ibrahim journey knew Land-Rover legs looked Mafud's Mahomed Mali Mauritania meat ment midday camp miles Monod morning move Murzuk Nasrani neck Néma never night nomads Nouakchott oasis once Oualata ould Mohammed ould Mohammed's préfet reached realised riding rock rode saddle Sahara sand seemed seen sextant side Sidi Mahmoud sleep slowly started stood stopped Tamanrasset Tanezrouft tassoufra tent Tessalit thing thought Tichit Tidjikja told Tombouctou tracks travelling trees Tuareg turned wadi walked watched week wind wondered yards