Which detail in "the oasis: africa" does not support the idea that the sahara
desert is perilous?
"misery of hunger, torture of thirst; unending discomfort of swarming lice."
"one day the dreaded sirocco had swept upon us."
"this danger past, we had lost another day making a wide detour to the east in
order to avoid the fierce, tameless tuaregs, who were marauding in the district
"canopus, the great star of prehistoric egypt, blazed white above the horizon
sirius shone like a peerless diamond, and aldebaran like a ruby