"Those round boats, for instance," said Tom.
"So much for the 'Twin Cities of the Arabs,'" said the Lieutenant, as they embarked once more on the Blosse Lynch. "Tom, I wonder your small head does not burst with all the sights you have seen and the wonders you have heard since we left Bassorah."
"Most of it goes in one ear and out the other," replied Tom, frankly.
At night-fall of the third day they reached Bagdad, but it was too late to go on shore.
[FIVE LITTLE ANGELS.]
Five little angels singing on high;
Five little angels drop from the sky.
The first to blow the fire ran;
