37

V. BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON 49

VI. ARABIAN NIGHTS IN 1919 67

VII. IN OLD BAGHDAD 89

VIII. PARADISE LOST 97

IX. THE DESERT OF THE FLAMING SWORD 109

X. THE KINGS OF THE EAST 119

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES IN COLOUR AND MONOCHROME

THE GOLDEN TOWERS OF KHADAMAIN _Frontispiece_

ABADAN, PERSIA, THE OIL QUAYS 4

H.M.S. _MANTIS_, ONE OF THE MONITORS ON THE TIGRIS 12

HOSPITAL HULKS AT BASRA 18

"THE SOLEMN PALMS WERE RANGED ABOVE, UNWOO'D OF SUMMER WIND" 22

THE HOUSE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR, BASRA 24

A BEND IN "THE NARROWS" OF THE TIGRIS 30

A MARSH ARABS' REED VILLAGE 34

MUD HOUSES ON THE TIGRIS 40

A MAHAILA OF THE INLAND WATER TRANSPORT 42

EZRA'S TOMB 44

ON THE EUPHRATES, EARLY MORNING 52

BABYLON, THE EXCAVATIONS AT EL-KASR 56

AN OLD WORLD CRAFT: A TYPE OF BOAT UNCHANGED SINCE THE DAYS OF
SINBAD 60

BELLAMS UNDER SAIL 62

BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN 64

A STREET IN KHADAMAIN 70

MOONLIGHT, BAGHDAD 72

A NOCTURNE OF BAGHDAD 74

MAHAILA AND MARSH ARAB'S BELLAM 80

A MOONLIGHT FANTASY: KUT, FROM THE RUINS OF THE LICQUORICE FACTORY 94

DAWN AT AMARA 100

A BACKWATER IN EDEN 102

PUFFING BILLY ON THE TIGRIS 106

SUNSET ON THE TIGRIS