The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-16
SAHARA THROUGH TRIPoLI.

Tho Gateway TO the Sahara: Observations
and Experiences in Trlpoh. BY Charles
Wellington Fmlong. i. K. @. =. WIN
Illustrations by the Author from Paint
Ings in Color, Drawings In Black and
White. and Photographs Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
This author shows TO us plainly and
clearly that the gateway 10 the ga
hara is not through Algicfs, nor yet
through Tunis. bat through Tripoll;
which is AT present u natiyc'goYerncd
State. but il is likely 10 be taken III
any tuIn Of European politics.
The author Of this book found hlm'
self in June, 1904, IA second time IN
north Africa. lie had visited Morocco.
and now was in Tripoli the easternmosi
state of Barbary. He was the first
American To enter into the gateway
10 the Sahara In two years. In these
pages by word and picture he gives tns
results Of his long trip, and conveys an
insight into this most native OF the
Barbary capitals, its odd and taselnat'
ing customs, industries, and Incidents
n view of those strange aud Interest,"
ing people who inhabit the oascs ana
tabe-lands of Tripolitania, their prlmi-
tive methods and patrIarchal lfei an
account of the hazardous vocation OF
The Greek snonpe divers off the Irlpoh
rounding the dramatic episode OF the
burning of the L, s. Frigate Phliadelc:
phia in 1904, and OF his discovery OF
the wrecked hull below the waters or
Tripoi harbor in 1904; narrative OF
some personal adventures which oc-
Cured during trip alone Win araps
over some two hundred miles OF the
Great Sahara; and description oil the
daily life and vicissitudes OF the Gamer
-. pf tlp trails
over which they travel, and of the
great wastes which surround them,
In recording the impressions of town
and desert il has been h1s endeaVor
throughout tins volume with pen ana
brush to paint with fun color, 10 sur
round fact with its proper atmosphere
and to set it against its most telllnS
BACKGROUND. Events are described so
far rs possible in their order OF Sc
mence but II has seemed better TO
present them III subject completeness
rather than in diary form. The history
of Tripolitania has been practically
eliminated from the body of the book,
being condensed within a four'page
''Ilistorical Note.
Mr.. Furloug describes for us the City
Of Tripoli and the region round about
stating It's unique position as inc last
of The native-ruled states south Of the
L.
dents are given, views and scenes out
side the walls. giving different points
OF view of the people, their customs
their foods, their trades, and their oc-
cupationS There is a story of Salamr
the Hausa Slave, with an account OF
the brutal. soul and body destroying
slave trade of the Arabs. lie gives
an account of the Masked Tuarcgs, with
their brigandage and their fierce fight.
iu9 qualities The discovery of the hull
of the L. = frigatc Philadelphia Is
fully described. and we get faithful
description of the Greek sponge -divers
OF Tripol harbor. 4 chapter is de
voted 10 the picllers Of Esparto grass
which Is prominent export from
Trinoi harbor. The caravan train /:
described. both as to its hardships and
its advantages. Desert incidents are
piven in Il lively manner, the came
trains are described. and a scnsatlona
incident is the authors night ride vii!
Arab bandits. "Tbe Desert and -
Desert Episode are the chapters that
close the book. and there is a GLOSSARY
of native terms used and good work
inc index. The illustrations arc very
many, covering fully two pages 10 emu
merate them. There is n map OF North
crp Africa. showing present polltica
divisions and principal caravan routes
map of the town and harbor OF Tri
poll; and map of TripolItanla. Alto
! octher this is one OF the best books o.
| trnveI, adventure, and description tina
/ hos nnnc1rcd for a long time,