Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir. Agatha Christie

disgust when Max stops the car and walks ahead to examine the difficulty is extreme. He shakes his head in utter dissatisfaction.

      Not so, he seems to say, should you treat a high-mettled and nervous car! Give it no time to reflect and all will be well.

      After detours, checks, and the taking on of local guides, we do at last reach the goal. Very beautiful Tell Hamidi looks in the afternoon sun, and it is with a sense of achievement that the car drives proudly up the gentle incline to its summit where we look down on a marsh teeming with wild duck.