decade of Libyan Desert expeditions came to an end, and t and silent pocket of tres of war.

    In tient vie distances. t dead knig liquid, one pillo can gaze beyond  into vista. Fartoheir works and days.

    s by ravels like a squire beside hese journeys.

    In   of teau, looking for t oasis t was called Zerzura.

    ty of Acacias.

    e  Europeans. Joed the Gilf in

    to t Surveys, ographer, Dr.

    Kadar t and Bermann. And t large plateau resting in t, tzerland, as Madox liked to say—s escarpments precipitous to t and , teau sloping gradually to t rose out of t four  of the Nile.

    For tians ter  of to terior erless. But in tiness of deserts you are al ory. tebu and Senussi tribes  t secrecy. tile lands t nestled ’s interior. Arab ers in teentury spoke of Zerzura. “ttle Birds.” “ty of Acacias.” In treasures, tab al Kanuz, Zerzura is depicted as a y, “ a map of t and you ary, carried out t great modern expedition. Bagnold -. Almasy-Madox -. Just nortropic of Cancer.

    e cion bet Daky, Bagnold called it. e knew eacimacies, eacher’s skills and weaknesses.

    e forgave Bagnold everyte about dunes. “ted sand resemble t  o the jaws of a dog.

    Our first journey, moving souto t among tribes. A seven-day journey to El taj. Madox and Bermann, four ot told us to start a journey in a sandstorm is good luck.” e camped t nigy miles sout morning  of our tents at five. too cold to sleep. e stepped to in t in t stars. tea. tes along e stones. e a