Ancient historical interest--Garden of Eden--Origin of name unknown--Swiftness--Sources--Navigation--Keleqs--Bathing, fishing, washing--Crossing rivers 198 Chapter IV The Children of Mosul Spoiling process--Despair of the parents--The "god" of the hareem--Death by burning--Festivities at birth of boy--Cradles and cradle songs--School life--Feast in honour of a boy having read the Koran through--"Only a girl"--Girl life--Girl victims of Naseeb--Marriage 208 Chapter V The Moslem Women of Mosul Beauty behind the veil--Types of beauty--My dear old friend of 110 years of age--Aids to beauty described--Pretty children--Beauty tainted with sin--Imprisonment of women--Peeps into some hareems--Warm receptions--A visit from the ladies of a select hareem--Love the magic key to open hearts 219 Chapter VI Moslem Family Life No home life--Women equal with the beasts--Evils of divorce--Naseeb--The will of God--Truth and falsehood--Honesty prevalent--A thief caught--Swearing and anti-swearing--Fighting--Hair-tearing and biting--Hammam, the ladies' club 231 Chapter VII Customs of Mosul Wedding ceremonies--Great expense to parents--Method of procedure--Funeral customs--Customs at birth--Some other customs 244 Chapter VIII Dreams and Visions Ezekiel's vision by the river Chebar--Our vision by the river Khabour--Rivers identical--"A wheel within a wheel"--Babylonish emblem of divinity--Origin of the cherubim--Dream of a woman suffering from cataract--Effect of dream on her character--Watch and chain recovered by means of a "faked" dream--Illustration of the doctrine of Kismet or Naseeb--"Ghosts" in our compound--Atmosphere of ghosts bad for fowls 257 Chapter IX Manners and Superstitions in Mosul Characteristics of inhabitants of Mosul--Social habits--Love of drink--An effectual cure--Gambling--Tel Kaif: a story of Uncle Goro--The Angel of Death, and other titles--Difficulties over name and age--Some superstitions--Effect of scent on women--Birds of good omen--Thieves--Sheep-killing--Sheikh Matti--An angel's visit--Medical superstitions--Cure for hydrophobia 269 Chapter X The Yezidees Gratitude to the English--Persecutions--"Devil-worshippers"--Sun and fire worship--Priesthood--A visit to Sheikh Adi--Peacock wands--A sacred shrine 284 Chapter XI Travelling in the Desert Monotony of desert travelling--A puppy and a kitten tragedy--Accident by the river Euphrates--Riots in Mosul--Robberies and murder excited by love of gold 294 Chapter XII