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106
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Sunset on the Tigris
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112
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Sheik Saad and the Persian Mountains
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114
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Hit, known to the Arabs as the Mouth of Hell
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116
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A British Cruiser in the Persian Gulf
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122
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LIST OF LINE SKETCHES
Table of Contents
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Abadan
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2
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"Serried ranks of tall iron funnels"
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6
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Ship loading with Oil
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7
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"A Mysterious-looking furnace tower"
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9
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"Crude steam engines evolved by Titans when the world was young"
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11
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In Ashar Creek
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16
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Sunset, Old Basra
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21
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Dhows, Basra
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26
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Monitor "Moth" at Basra
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28
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The Sirens of the Narrows
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33
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Noah's Ark, 1919
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36
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Upward Bound on the Tigris
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38
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Hillah
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47
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Ctesiphon
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50
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Ancient Irrigation Channel near Hillah
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55
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Tower of Babel. Fig. 1
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57
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The Tower of Babel
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59
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Tower of Babel. Fig. 2
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60
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Tower of Babel. Fig. 3
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61
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Goufas on the Tigris
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68
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"A magic vignette of palms, Eastern buildings, and a
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large South-Western Railway engine"
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77
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"Suddenly we came upon a scene of strange beauty and
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dramatic effect"
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79
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"By garden porches on the brim, The costly doors flung open wide"
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82
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"All round the fragrant marge, From fluted vase and brazen
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urn, In order, Eastern flowers large."
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83
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"By Baghdad's shrines of fretted gold, High-walled gardens,
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green and old."
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85
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Showing the Simplicity of Mesopotamian Domestic
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Architecture. Tigris
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88
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Baghdad
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90
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"Puffing Billy" in Baghdad
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91
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A Bit of Old Baghdad
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93
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"Blossoms and fruit at once of golden hue Appeared, with gay
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enamelled colours mixed."
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98
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"High, eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold."
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105
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The Walls of Hit
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110
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Hit
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