Edith Maude Hull 
Camping in the Sahara 

CAMPING IN THE SAHARA by E. M. HULL. Originally published in 1927. EXCERT: It was two years since our last visit to Touggourt. Warned in the meantime that progress and civilization were advancing into the desert by leaps and bounds we approached it again with misgivings. So when at last, late on a hot Sunday afternoon, the train from the north wound slowly into the tiny terminus, it was cheering to find that the town was still unaltered and unspoiled.