The Fire of Desert Folk

The Fire of Desert Folk (1926)
by Ferdinand Ossendowski, translated by Lewis Stanton Palen

I. Storms of the Sea—and of Hate

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THE FIRE OF DESERT FOLK

The Account of a Journey
Through Morocco

BY

FERDINAND OSSENDOWSKI

AUTHOR OF
"Beasts, Men and Gods," "Man and Mystery in Asia,"
"The Shadow of the Gloomy East," and
"From President to Prison"

ENGLISH TEXT BY

LEWIS STANTON PALEN

Collaborator in "Beasts, Men and Gods," "Man and Mystery
in Asia" and "From President to Prison"

NEW YORK

E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

681 Fifth Avenue

Copyright, 1926
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Through the valued assistance of the Polish Foreign Office, of the French Government, of Marshal Lyautey, of Minister Steeg, of Minister Blanc, of General Dupont and of other French officials the way was opened for me to penetrate the innermost life of the North African tribes. To all these persons and institutions I express my most heartfelt thanks, as well as to the Geographic Society of Algeria, which furnished me with much indispensable information to supplement the notes I had made during my journey.

The sincerity of my impressions and observations must stand as my only possible return for this help.

Ferdinand Ossendowski

Warsaw, 1926

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Storms of the Sea—and of Hate	1
II.	The Heirs of Phoenicia	8
III.	The Primitive Races of the North	16
IV.	A Twelfth-Century Miracle-Worker	28
V.	The City of the Moors	43
VI.	Among the Djinns	68
VII.	Over the Moroccan Frontier	87
VIII.	Across Waterless Rivers	100
IX.	An Opal in an Emerald Setting	110
X.	The Islamic Flame	127
XI.	Slavery—Black and Red	151
XII.	In an Outpost of the Rif	167
XIII.	The Last Day in the City of Idris	175
XIV.	Olympus and the Sons of the Prophet	182
XV.	In the City of the Black Tyrant	196
XVI.	A Sultan’s Palace o’er a Pirates’ Nest	213
XVII.	Magicians of the Market-Place	223
XVIII.	A Versailles under Atlas Snows	241
XIX.	As Women Live and Men Dine in Maghreb	254
XX.	A Feudal Atlas Tribe	269
XXI.	White Swans on an Azure Shore	284
XXII.	Two Worlds	297
XXIII.	On the High Plateaus	311
	Bibliography	343
	Glossary	345
	Index	349

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