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Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)

Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 96

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Lynch(brother of the commander of the Tigris ), were drownedin the Euphrates. Only fourteen of the crew were washedby the high waves over the bank into a field of corn,Colonel Chesney, the gallant leader, fortunately beingamong the survivors. Few of the bodies, mostly disfiguredby vultures bevond… … 62 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS it does, the only source of our topographical knowledge forby far the larger part of the course of the two rivers. Nat-urally the accuracy attainable for any map prepared from asurvey by water can only be relative. Richs survey of themiddle course of the Tigris,…

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