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Title: A Dweller in Mesopotamia
Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden

Author: Donald Maxwell

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A DWELLER IN MESOPOTAMIA

Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden

by

DONALD MAXWELL

With Sketches in Colour, Monochrome, and Line

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| _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ |
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| THE LAST CRUSADE |
| ADVENTURES WITH A |
| SKETCH BOOK |
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| WITH BIBLE AND BRUSH |
| IN PALESTINE |
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| THE BODLEY HEAD |
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[Illustration: THE GOLDEN TOWERS OF KHADAMAIN]

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London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, Vigo Street New York: John Lane
Company MCMXXI
William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles, England.

PREFACE

Few adventu