AMURATH TO AMURATH HUNTING CAMPS IN WOOD AND WILDERNESS By H. HESKETH PRICHARD, author of “Through the Heart of Patagonia,” etc. Illustrated in Colour and Black-and-white by E. G. CALDWELL, Lady HELEN GRAHAM, and from numerous Photographs. In one Volume. Crown 4to, price 15_s._ net. A VOICE FROM THE CONGO By HERBERT WARD. With many Illustrations. In one Volume. Demy 8vo, price 10_s._ net. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC (_Popular Edition._) By Sir ERNEST SHACKLETON, C.V.O. Fully Illustrated with Coloured and Black-and-white Illustrations, and a Map. In one Volume. Crown 8vo, price 6_s._ net. ON AND OFF DUTY IN ANNAM By GABRIELLE M. VASSAL. With many Illustrations from Photographs. In one Volume. Demy 8vo, price 10_s._ net. LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C. [Illustration: THE MONASTERY OF RABBÂN HORMUZD.] AMURATH TO AMURATH BY GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL _Author of “The Desert and the Sown,” &c._ ILLUSTRATED [Illustration: colophon] LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN MCMXI _Copyright London, 1911, by William Heinemann_ [Illustration: arabic] We wither away but they wane not, the stars that above us rise; The mountains remain after us, and the strong towers when we are gone. Labîd ibn Rabî’ah. PREFACE DEAR LORD CROMER,