Chapter MCMXVII: By the Same Author

LORD RICHARD IN THE PANTRY

THE SPORTING INSTINCT

CUPID GOES NORTH

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

CONTENTS

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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

IN MESOPOTAMIA