The remarkable adventures of the notorious robber-sheikh Ahamadou, "the
Abandoned of Allah," once the terror of the Areg Desert, but now
friendly to the French, were collected during a journey across the Great
Sahara. In the belief that some description of the wild life of the
Desert, with its romance and mystery, told by one upon whose head a
price was set for twelve years, and who a dozen times narrowly escaped
capture, may interest those fond of adventure, I have translated,
edited, and presented these reminiscences in their present form.