112

SHEIK SAAD AND THE PERSIAN MOUNTAINS 114

HIT, KNOWN TO THE ARABS AS THE MOUTH OF HELL 116

A BRITISH CRUISER IN THE PERSIAN GULF 122

LIST OF LINE SKETCHES

ABADAN 2

"SERRIED RANKS OF TALL IRON FUNNELS" 6

SHIP LOADING WITH OIL 7

"A MYSTERIOUS-LOOKING FURNACE TOWER" 9

"CRUDE STEAM ENGINES EVOLVED BY TITANS WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG" 11

IN ASHAR CREEK 16

SUNSET, OLD BASRA 21

DHOWS, BASRA 26

MONITOR "MOTH" AT BASRA 28

THE SIRENS OF THE NARROWS 33

NOAH'S ARK, 1919 36

UPWARD BOUND ON THE TIGRIS 38

HILLAH 47

CTESIPHON 50

ANCIENT IRRIGATION CHANNEL NEAR HILLAH 55

TOWER OF BABEL. FIG. 1 57

THE TOWER OF BABEL 59

TOWER OF BABEL. FIG. 2 60

TOWER OF BABEL. FIG. 3 61

GOUFAS ON THE TIGRIS 68

"A MAGIC VIGNETTE OF PALMS, EASTERN BUILDINGS, AND A LARGE
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ENGINE" 77

"SUDDENLY WE CAME UPON A SCENE OF STRANGE BEAUTY AND DRAMATIC
EFFECT" 79

"BY GARDEN PORCHES ON THE BRIM, THE COSTLY DOORS FLUNG OPEN WIDE" 82

"ALL ROUND THE FRAGRANT MARGE, FROM FLUTED VASE AND BRAZEN
URN, IN ORDER, EASTERN FLOWERS LARGE." 83

"BY BAGHDAD'S SHRINES OF FRETTED GOLD, HIGH-WALLED GARDENS, GREEN
AND OLD." 85

SHOWING THE SIMPLICITY OF MESOPOTAMIAN DOMESTIC
ARCHIT