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Oases of the Algerian Sahara
The charm of the desert and its mystery are as great
and as profound as the charm and the mystery of the
sea. Only the desert and the sea are changeless. They
alone refuse to accept the impress of human endeavor; they
are to-day the same as when man first beheld them.
When once the desert has called us, it is impossible to disobey her summons. In Algeria we heard the desert calling, accordingly our next journey is to be desertward. We are to cross the narrow fertile strip that lies along the Algerian shore of the Mediterranean; we are to penetrate the Africa of the roving Bedouin and of the nomad Arab; we
