"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎١‎٦‎٨] (٤٥٠/٢٠٣)

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LOR 1 ST AN MOUNTAINS.
[CII. XIX.
ranges of the Loristan mountains, of which I made a
sketch.
I observe our Arabs pronounce like the Saxon
g; for example, gibbel, reggil, &c., instead of
jibbel, rejil.
At a quarter to nine our course was east, and Ave
were sailing about six knots an hour. At ten mi
nutes past nine our course was S. 45 E., and at
twenty minutes past nine we passed Um-ul-beia, a
canal on the right, now full. AH the country was
at the level of the water s edge, and damp and mo-
rassy. The horizon looked like the sea.
Both sides of the river hereabouts belong to the
Beni Lam Arabs. Just below Um-ul-beia we came
to a clump of trees on the right bank ; the trees
were of the species called by the Arabs ghurrab.
We are now at the nearest point to the Loristau
mountains, and beyond the fourth range we can see
some points of seemingly a superior range, probably
Zagros.
At half past nine, our course being south, we
were detained half an hour by the yacht going
against the bank on rounding a point. We suc
ceeded in getting round it about ten, and then pro
ceeded east. Soon after we met a fleet of boats
coming from Bussora, and at half past ten we came
opposite Imaum Gherbi, a ziaret, and grove of trees
on the right bank. After passing a contrary reach
at a quarter to eleven, we had beautiful sailing, at