BY

MARMADUKE PICKTHALL

LONDON: 48 PALL MALL
W. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
GLASGOW MELBOURNE AUCKLAND

Copyright 1918


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[INTRODUCTION]1
I.[RASHÎD THE FAIR]11
II.[A MOUNTAIN GARRISON]20
III.[THE RHINOCEROS WHIP]28
IV.[THE COURTEOUS JUDGE]36
V.[NAWÂDIR]45
VI.[NAWÂDIR (continued)]54
VII.[THE SACK WHICH CLANKED]68
VIII.[POLICE WORK]77
IX.[MY COUNTRYMAN]87
X.[THE PARTING OF THE WAYS]96
XI.[THE KNIGHT ERRANT]106
XII.[THE FANATIC]117
XIII.[RASHÎD'S REVENGE]125
XIV.[THE HANGING DOG]134
XV.[TIGERS]142
XVI.[PRIDE AND A FALL]151
XVII.[TRAGEDY]161
XVIII.[BASTIRMA]171
XIX.[THE ARTIST-DRAGOMAN]181
XX.[LOVE AND THE PATRIARCH]188
XXI.[THE UNPOPULAR LANDOWNER]198
XXII.[THE CAÏMMACÂM]209
XXIII.[CONCERNING BRIBES]218
XXIV.[THE BATTLEFIELD]226
XXV.[MURDERERS]237
XXVI.[THE TREES ON THE LAND]245
XXVII.[BUYING A HOUSE]255
XXVIII.[A DISAPPOINTMENT]264
XXIX.[CONCERNING CRIME AND PUNISHMENT]273
XXX.[THE UNWALLED VINEYARD]282
XXXI.[THE ATHEIST]291
XXXII.[THE SELLING OF OUR GUN]302
XXXIII.[MY BENEFACTOR]311