CHAPTER IX.

Plain of Taeeta--Fezzan Boundary--Fossils--Tuarick Behaviour--Valley of Tabea--Observations--Fasting--Tuarick Habits--Scorpions and Locusts--Visitors--Heat--Roads--Hot Wind--Pass of Abulaghlagh--The Palace of Demons--Wheat hid in the Desert--Land of Demons--Kasar Janoon--A dear Camel--Visit to the Kasar--Perilous Adventure of Dr. Barth.