IN MESOPOTAMIA

BY

MARTIN SWAYNE

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

MCMXVII


BY THE SAME AUTHOR
LORD RICHARD IN THE PANTRY
THE SPORTING INSTINCT
CUPID GOES NORTH
HODDER AND STOUGHTON


CONTENTS

PAGE
I
[THE GATEWAY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN]1
II
[BASRA]19
III
[THE SICK AND WOUNDED]37
IV
[HEAT-STROKE]51
V
[MIRAGE]61
VI
[THE DAY'S WORK]71
VII
[THE NARROWS]85
VIII
[AMARA]101
IX
[ARABIAN COMEDY]121
X
[THE BATTLE OF THE BUND]131
XI
[EDEN REVISITED]159

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[The Garden of Eden, Kurna.]Frontispiece
[Towing on the Tigris.]9
[A Convoy of Sick and Wounded.]27
[The Hospital Washing.]45
[Donkey Labour in the Heat of the Day.]63
[On the Shatt-el-Arab near Basra.]81
[Arab Belum on Tigris.]99
[Ezra's Tomb.]117
[Walled Village on Banks of Tigris.]135
[The Tigris near Kurna.]143