Telegram-herald., 1889-10-21
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A Daring KKg4aEer's Untiu.els Rae "a ths
trs4i Af1lCan Desert
Oas II La Saasl aarllg ii exllaraIs La
fallen = vicllu g. tls Cvu teaielaty 1ns
ueWs Is cannrine5 thai ar IalaNls Dauls
tAe French trgtcieT. las ooen msrdssad a.
his guides " hlls cICSsiug the SAHARA an tis
Nay - lanlauctoo Ek faIs VII s-arFriss 80
0oe. taoUgt Al Who have read oi hs ran.ark-
shle trAVe-s in the Freat Alriasn dszsrg va
deepiy regret tie fate thai thls hs..aauT
Young Hsap, sltsr uaay a@lrigesagG esesVas.
has at last met Violent dtath
feur geere before be aas klled Mr nouls
Nas wandering up and down tfrauEh tie
western S4as1fa UlIh a&na oi AFab snrI-
herds who, aiteg nearly k.liinF bim an3
koepiug liu .ang su chains. Wllf Ell leaElA
c0AXluce4 that he Nas true believer aaa
sdep.ed bim lnto taea tribe Rs Was aliY
- wears CID. hut he haa q thorough tnoul
edra - Arabic. was well Nerad a. size
Koran and knew mash ~ the character aul
customs al tae desert nomaas il Was ais
ambltlan O. explore a part ~ tie western
desert. and of south Morocco. which Was al
uaost unkn9uu. and relying ugm hs No
lanulaian disguise be had oaussl himself
g. i. s.t ashore from hshlas bo1t on tie
Nest COAST
rs Lean be saw a herd - csmels and tleir
Arab owners slowly moving slall over Ihe
desert. he advanced o. meet ibe natives. ns-
Stunning the role II shipNreeaed Algerian
merchant They had never seeu d Mohau.-
nloaan of lis appearance and refused o. ts-
hexe tie story 81 lle be was si.A exl isil-
ing his coming among them he vas std-
denly knocked sensaless by hloe fiom Tie
back ~ a saoar w.lch lro6e several ui Ais
teeth and when he recovered cons.'i i3ual.lss
be found himself la chains and nearly strip
ped of o.othins Ae heard i1e Youl8 alca
SAY they would all llm then nl1 laere, t4t
he was saved feT the tiu.e ~ iLe meIe lt-lo-
crate chief, VINO threat enea O. shoot aug uue
WHO touched the prisoner before he bad fia.y
satisfied himself that tAe n4an was an in-
poster
For days Douls fciiered hand and faoi vss
carried along wita Che uumals anl elt1 ~
81 nou and then o. searching inquiries hy
one she.k anl another tlat tiey u.at, fons of
whom were fully convinced tlat Ga was teil-
ing the truth AT .at they cauo o. tae
camp of HadJ Iurahaim. who hai Been ID
Mecca, and was person 81 great authority
among the western uoinads After cxauun-
ing Doals IN Tie Koran, be declared thai hs
had seen Turkish Mohaumedaus who rcsem-
the mans story was true. Douls was then
admitted into tie fullest fellowship The na-
tives gave him goat s2in a. covering. and
for Eve months he traversed Nlih them The
dreary sieppes of the western sahara. stin
unknown 20 Europeans lie crossed tie
sandy wastes Of Duran and The Great deuros-
sion Of II Juf, and visited the famous slave
markets Of Tcnduf Al last he became be-
trothed 20 a i2-year-old daughter # a sAeik.
and il was on the preteKf Of returning home
h get suitable marriage portion that he
was permitted % leave the tribe and push
north into Morocco
This was the chief goal - his ambition, for
he was now ia the province Of Sus, rich in
gold and copper The sultan, fearing the
cupidity Of Europeans. had forbidden eK-
plorers 70 visit this part q Morocco While
Douls was getting aI the information hs
could collect Guol these mysterious noun
taius, be was seize- l carried In chains 20
the city Of Morocca where he would, with
out doubt have been pat 10 death had IL not
been for the timely intervention u Sir WI
lam Green, the BRITISH minister
DOuls, IL was found, had done excellent
work as an explorer. The nomsds had per
mitted him 20 retain his compass and Que OF
two other instruments on the ground that
they were used IA his country IN devotional
exercises Ho was received with confidence
and honor by geogrsphers, and the story 4
his wanderings and adventures, and q his
intimate relations with tie Sahara nonads,
forms one Of TIE most titeresting Of recent
narratives of travel
Il was not the good f0rfune of Douls 20 re-
turn again uuscatha- .1n this, las chosen
field Of labor. Upon a.s next venture into
the heart OF the gre lesert he had fallen
victim 10 the suspic.c or the cupidlty of as
guides. In the last j. r received from him
be spoke doubtfully Of hse prospects OF reach
ing the famous town near Niger, but ex-
pressed bis firm intention Of pushing on
toward the goal which has been the destruc-
tion Of several explorers and missionaries VINO
have perished in their efforts % reach it
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