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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 27 November 1909
[See Introduction to The Vision and the Voice for background information] [Map of Crowley's travel through Algeria]
It is difficult to write with patience of the bitter cold of the nights. The surface of the sand of Aïn Khamam was such as I have felt—powdery snow—on high mountains. It nigh froze my feet through my nailed boots despite all the stamping, etc., I could do. On getting back to the coupé[1] I had to take my boots off and rub my feet back to life. The room at Bou-Saada badly haunted by madness, despair and suicide. Also I had fever. We therefore did a great operation to cleanse room, and quinine and calomel to cleanse me.
1—A coupé is a type of stage-coach.
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