[Footnote 54: Book I., ch. 192.]
[Footnote 55: Herodotus Book III., ch. 91.]
[Footnote 56: Book I., chs. 178-183.]
[Footnote 57: A hectare is approximately equal to two and a half acres.]
[Footnote 58: "The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate," by Guy le Strange
(Cambridge, 1905: at the University Press), pp. 25-9.]
[Footnote 59: "The Irrigation of Mesopotamia," by Sir William Willcocks,
K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S. (London, 1911: Spon). The report is dated Bagdad,
March 26th, 1911.]
[Footnote 60: £1.00 Turkish = approximately £0.90 sterling.]
[Footnote 61: In his immediate project he intends to keep the Tigris navigable, and allots £48,350 (Turkish) for its improvement.]
[Footnote 62: Cp. Wiedenfeld, pp. 62-4.]
[Footnote 63: "Die Bagdadbahn," pp. 57, 61.]