Photos by Fairchild 

 i. The harbor of Muscat. 



2. On the Tigris in early morning. The river winds through many miles of 

 treeless desert (Mesopotamia), which hundreds of years ago was populous and 

 prosperous. Two million acres of fertile soil could be easily reclaimed by a canal 

 system. 



3. The skin water bag of the traveler in the interior. 



