  | Abadan | 2 | | "Serried ranks of tall iron funnels" | 6 | | Ship loading with Oil | 7 | | "A Mysterious-looking furnace tower" | 9 | | "Crude steam engines evolved by Titans when the world was young" | 11 | | In Ashar Creek | 16 | | Sunset, Old Basra | 21 | | Dhows, Basra | 26 | | Monitor "Moth" at Basra | 28 | | The Sirens of the Narrows | 33 | | Noah's Ark, 1919 | 36 | | Upward Bound on the Tigris | 38 | | Hillah | 47 | | Ctesiphon | 50 | | Ancient Irrigation Channel near Hillah | 55 | | Tower of Babel. Fig. 1 | 57 | | The Tower of Babel | 59 | | Tower of Babel. Fig. 2 | 60 | | Tower of Babel. Fig. 3 | 61 | | Goufas on the Tigris | 68 | | "A magic vignette of palms, Eastern buildings, and a | | large South-Western Railway engine" | 77 | | "Suddenly we came upon a scene of strange beauty and | | dramatic effect" | 79 | | "By garden porches on the brim, The costly doors flung open wide" | 82 | | "All round the fragrant marge, From fluted vase and brazen | | urn, In order, Eastern flowers large." | 83 | | "By Baghdad's shrines of fretted gold, High-walled gardens, | | green and old." | 85 | | Showing the Simplicity of Mesopotamian Domestic | | Architecture. Tigris | 88 | | Baghdad | 90 | | "Puffing Billy" in Baghdad | 91 | | A Bit of Old Baghdad | 93 | | "Blossoms and fruit at once of golden hue Appeared, with gay | | enamelled colours mixed." | 98 | | "High, eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold." | 105 | | The Walls of Hit | 110 | | Hit | 120 | | Samara | 121 |
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