Touggourt

May life becomes hard for Europeans south of the Atlas, and when my poor dear friend was last heard of he was chancing his popularity with a tribe of Touaregs about two hundred miles south of Touggourt.

On Something Hilaire Belloc 1911

As Grand Dukes who go to disport themselves in Paris sometimes hie them incognito to the "Café de la Sorcière," so do Aghas flit occasionally to Touggourt, and appear upon the high benches of the great dancing-house of the Ouled Nails in the outskirts of the city.

Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

"It is a desert song of the freed negroes of Touggourt -- 'No one but God and I knows what is in my heart.'"

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

It was the song the Arab had sung as he turned into the shadow of the palm trees, the song of the freed negroes of Touggourt:

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Touggourt in the gardens of Count Anteoni that day when she had been angry with Androvsky and had afterwards been reconciled with him.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Now, in Touggourt gossip is carried from house to house, as the sand grains are carried on the wind.

Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

For in the four quarters of Touggourt, the quarter of the Jews, of the foreigners, of the freed negroes, and of the citizens proper, it was known that the hedgehog's foot had been blessed and endowed with magical powers by the mighty marabout of Tamacine.

Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Now, in the course of time, it happened that the hedgehog's foot came into the possession of a dancing-girl of Touggourt, called Halima.

Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Halima got hold of it I cannot say, nor does anyone in Touggourt exactly know, so far as I am aware.

Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Stranger by far is Morocco, stranger the country beyond Biskra, near Mogar, round Touggourt, even about El

The Spell of Egypt Robert Smythe Hichens 1907