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By Desert Ways to Baghdad

by Louisa Jebb Wilkins

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  1. Prologue

    10:25

  2. Disentanglement

    12:52

  3. Brigandage

    14:55

  4. Social Intercourse

    10:00

  5. The Dawn of the Baghdad Railway

    38:53

  6. In the Taurus

    28:37

  7. Royal Progress

    23:52

  8. Harran: A Digression into the Land of Abraham

    19:31

  9. That Unblessed Land, Mesopotamia

    24:59

  10. Afloat

    9:43

  11. Held Up

    25:37

  12. A Reception and a Dance

    11:34

  13. An Encounter with an Englishman

    12:49

  14. The Creed of the Koran

    14:37

  15. The Evil One

    15:33

  16. Arab Hospitality

    14:15

  17. A Storm and a Lull

    15:05

  18. An Encounter with Fanatics

    10:54

  19. The End of the Raft

    9:11

  20. Babylon

    19:04

  21. The Sound of the Desert

    19:07

  22. Palmyra

    11:04

  23. An Armenian and a Turk

    35:51

  24. Retrospective

    17:57

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An apple tree, a map of Asia and a handbook supply the starting point for Louisa Jebb Wilkins and her companion, called X. Published in 1909, this travel account follows a route through Asia Minor towards the Tigris, Baghdad and Damascus. X sketches the route across mountains and rivers, while the narrator explains their preference for flexible arrangements. Food, transport and shelter become part of the story as the pair put their rough plan into practice.

The chapter headings lead from the Taurus Mountains to a raft supported by goatskins and onward across the Syrian desert. In the river excerpt, an encounter with armed men prompts a boatman to describe the risks faced by local traders. Humour and confidence sit beside danger and unequal protection.

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Pages
184
Language
English
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