xvi ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA, WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S ROUTE 2 PLAN OF THE REMAINS OF BABYLON, ON THE EAST BANK OF THE EUPHRATES 3 VIEWS OF THE PRINCIPAL EXISTING RUINS OF THAT ANCIENT CITY AT THE HEADS OF CHAPTERS. ... 1 Fountain near Aleppo. Preparing to break up Encampment ... 7 Plunder of the Caravan by a Turcoman Horde Branston 130 ... ... 8 Ancient Arabic Remains in the ruined Town of Koach Hassār 9 Approach to Mardin, a City seated on a Rock ... ... ... 177 10 Waadi Zennaar, or Valley of the Girdle, Travellers reposing 11 Crossing the Tigris, and first approach to Diarbekr 12 Rural Celebration of an Eastern Marriage by a Village Feast 16 Bridge of Boats across the Tigris, and View of the River's Banks 17 Interior of a public Caravanserai, at Ain Koura 18 Walled Town of Kuffree, at the foot of a range of Hills 19 Rocky Defile between Kara Tuppee and Delhi Abass 20 Perspective View of a Street and Mosque at Bagdad ... 21 Akkerkoof, or the Castle of Nimrod, "the mighty hunter" ... 22 Tomb of Zobeida, wife of Haroun-el-Rashid, the Caliph of Bagdad 23 Return from a Desert Excursion in search of the Walls of Babylon... 24 Tower of Babel and Plain of Shinar, near the Banks of the Euphrates 25 Turkish Coffee-House, near the Bridge of Boats on the Tigris at Bagdad Branston 496 26 Gates of the City, as seen from the Interior 27 Procession of the Pasha, from the Mosque to the Palace |