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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — Canal through date plantation at Bassorah. Fig. 2. — New 

 date plantation, showing irrigation ditches. Fig. 3. — At the 

 border of irrigation; patches of alfalfa Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. — Old date garden at Bagdad. Fig. 2. — Irrigation ditches in 

 new plantation at Bassorah. Fig. 3. — Village and date palms on 

 the old Bassorah canal 32 



III. Fig. 1. — A bag of Maskat dates. Fig. 2. — Typical date plantation 



at Bassorah. Fig. 3. — Bassorah peasant with his spade 32 



IV. Fig. 1. — Panorama of new date plantation near Bassorah. Fig. 2. — 



Irrigation machines at work on the Tigris River, near Bagdad. 

 Fig. 3. — Intake of irrigation canal above Bassorah; Turkish 

 guardhouse on the left 32 



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