Which detail in “The Oasis: Africa" DOES NOT support the idea that the Sahara
Desert is perilous?
Canopus, the great star of prehistoric Egypt, blazed white above the horizon;
Sirius shone like a peerless diamond, and Aldebaran like a ruby.
Misery of hunger, torture of thirst; unending discomfort of swarming lice.
One day the dreaded sirocco had swept upon us.
This danger past, we had lost another day making a wide detour to the east in
order to avoid the fierce, tameless Tuaregs, who were marauding in the district.