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Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September,
by Various
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Title: Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
Author: Various
Release Date: August 5, 2007 [EBook #22250]
Language: English
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LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
OF
POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
SEPTEMBER, 1878.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Transcriber's note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to the end of the article.
OUR VISIT TO THE DESERT.
[Illustration: CONSTANTINE.]
One of the most interesting and amusing episodes in our many Mediterranean and North African wanderings was a visit to the Sahara. Although we penetrated but a short distance into the Great Desert, we were there introduced to aspects of Nature and to phases of life wholly new and strange to us.
We had been spending the winter in Algiers, and were unwilling to return to Europe without seeing something