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

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[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