"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٤‎٠‎١] (٤٥٠/٤٣٦)

APP. VII.]
KOOT AL AMARA.
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river is the range of trees mentioned on our voyage down ;
among which was a small Arab encampment. The hanks
of the river were now rather higher, and were covered with
brushwood. At 5 h p.m . we were obliged to anchor for
dinner, the kitchen-boat being far astern. At 7 h 30 m we
set off again. The wind continued from the same quarter,
but was much more moderate, and at midnight it changed
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and came round to the N. W. We passed Ali Sherki and
Ali Gharbi.
1 he morning of the 16th it blew strong from the N. W.,
and we were delayed two or three hours in consequence.
At 5 h 15'" p.m . we brought to, on account of the high wind;
but were off again in half an hour.
Ou the morning of the 17th we had a light south wind,
T he wind settled at N. \\. At midnight we heard on the
E. bank a great roaring of the waters, exactly like the surf
on the sea-shore after a gale of wind. I believe it to be the
place where the Neft Soo, or river, which runs from the Per
sian mountains by Mendali and Jessan, discharges itself into
the Tigris. A little after we came to a place where the
reaches of the river form exactly a right angle.
The 18th, there was a gentle breeze from the N. W., but
the wind rising, we brought to at half-past one p.m.,
and did not get off again till ten p.m . The track rope
broke several times in the night. We came to anchor
on the 19th at nine a.m ., the wind being very strong from
the N. W. At six in the evening we got under way again.
At midnight we came to a place which was very difficult to
pass, on account of the violence of the eddy and the shal
lows in the river. At eleven o'clock a.m ., on the 20th, we
cast anchor at Koot al Amara. The Hye was full, and the
current was running from the Tigris to the Euphrates. At
midnight it came on to blow hard from the S. E., and on
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