Which detail from “The Oasis: Africa” best supports the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind? “Lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, I sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber.” “Footsore and weary, but every before us the pointing finger of the Arab Sheikh, and his ceaseless: ‘On, on.’” “Misery of hunger, torture of thirst; unending discomfort of swarming lice.” “In a short time we were on the fringe of one of the most delicious spots I have ever seen.”
