THE TREASURE OF THE TIGRIS

A TALE OF MESOPOTAMIA

BY LIEUT.-COLONEL A. F. MOCKLER-FERRYMAN

AUTHOR OF "LIFE STORY OF A TIGER"
"HEMMED IN" ETC.

WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR BY ALLAN STEWART

A. & C. BLACK LTD.
4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

First published in 1908

"I BALANCED IT EXACTLY, AND SLOWLY AND STEADILY DREW IT UP"

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. Instructions
CHAPTER II. Across Mesopotamia
CHAPTER III. Into the Desert
CHAPTER IV. Guests of the Aeniza
CHAPTER V. Raiders
CHAPTER VI. The Sheik's Story
CHAPTER VII. The Fire of the Gods
CHAPTER VIII. Raspul, the Seer
CHAPTER IX. In the Temple of Sophana
CHAPTER X. A Dash for Freedom
CHAPTER XI. Only Half a Capture
CHAPTER XII. Rival Doctors
CHAPTER XIII. War's Alarm
CHAPTER XIV. The Burst of the Storm
CHAPTER XV. Fate
CHAPTER XVI. Rescue
CHAPTER XVII. The Trail of the Serpent
CHAPTER XVIII. True Friendship
CHAPTER XIX. In Clover
CHAPTER XX. Re-Union
CHAPTER XXI. A Desperate Plunge
CHAPTER XXII. Brothers and Conspirators
CHAPTER XXIII. Daud's Adventures
CHAPTER XXIV. The Devil's Well
CHAPTER XXV. For Dear Life
CHAPTER XXVI. A Haven of Rest
CHAPTER XXVII. Visitors
CHAPTER XXVIII. Mysteries, Solved and Unsolved
CHAPTER XXIX. A Prophecy Fulfilled

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

By ALLAN STEWART

"I balanced it exactly, and slowly and steadily drew it up!"

"That this was the Sheik himself we instantly realised"

"He prostrated himself before the Goddess, and besought her to give heat to the fire"

"'By the will