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 TH15 TRADITIONAI, "GARDEN OF EDEN," LOOKING EAST OVER TIIE EUPHRATES VALLEY 



"As yet no 'Seeing Bagdad' motor-busses hum along the Tigris, and the horde of Yankee 

 tourists get no nearer Bagdad than Damascus and Jerusalem ; but the railway is encroaching 

 fast, hastening the day when travelers to the East may avoid the long sea trip via Suez. 

 Then, with the 'Hanging Garden Inn' thrown open to the public, 'Edenville' and 'Babylon' 

 made places of interest, with side trips to Jonah's tomb and Nineveh, Bagdad will compete 

 with Cairo as a tourist center, and men will come back to poke curiously about Adam's old 

 home (see text, page 585). 



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