TY - BOOK AU - Furlong,Charles Wellington TI - The gateway to the Sahara: observations and experiences in Tripoli SN - 1850770638 : AV - 525 DT 220 F985g 1985 U1 - 916.12042 19 PY - 1985/// CY - London PB - Darf KW - Deserts KW - Libya KW - Desiertos KW - Libia KW - Description and travel KW - Descripción y viajes KW - Description & travel, 644-1911 N1 - Facsim of: ed. published London : Chapman & Hall, 1909; Includes index N2 - Tripoli in Barbary -- Town scenes and incidents -- Outside the walls -- Salam, a Hausa slave -- The masked Tuaregs -- The discovery of the U.S. frigate "Philadelphia" -- The Greek sponge divers -- The Esparto pickers -- The caravan trade -- Desert incidents -- Camel trails -- A night's ride with Arab bandits -- A desert episode -- The desert ER -