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Capt. R, Meinertzliagen 



flowing bed with high hanks. At Shereraieh the river again 

 broadens oat and flows through level plains to the sea. 

 From Amara to Kurna, the Tigris passes through vast 



Text-fig. 7. 



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Scale of Miles. 



■/OO 75 SO 25 O 100 



Sketch-map of Mesopotamia to show the localities visited by 

 Capt. Meinertzhag-en. 



marshes and reed swamps^ and from Kurna to Fao the 

 banks are low and covered with date gardens. 



Except for the date-palms, no woods of any sort exist. 

 Occasional patches of dwarf poplar and tamarisk are met 

 with^ and on the river-banks there is a little cultivation, but 



