Excerpt from A Diary in the East, Vol. 2 of 2: During the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales A great expanse of blowing sand, above which appeared the mountain ranges bordering the Desert - date-trees and mountains formed our landscape. The fellahs cared very little about the scenery; our decks swarmed with them, teeth chattering, shivering, and making expressive pantomime to indicate that they were hungry and thirsty. Some of our party were rowed off to a sand-bank, and proceeded'on foot to Sioot. At last there was a tremendous effort pole, kedge, hawser - all at once. Once more we float in the stream. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.