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CHAPTER I.

INSTRUCTIONS.

CHAPTER II.

ACROSS MESOPOTAMIA.

CHAPTER III.

INTO THE DESERT.

CHAPTER IV.

GUESTS OF THE AENIZA.

"THAT THIS WAS THE SHEIK HIMSELF WE INSTANTLY REALISED"

CHAPTER V.

RAIDERS.

CHAPTER VI.

THE SHEIK'S STORY.

CHAPTER VII.

THE FIRE OF THE GODS.

CHAPTER VIII.

RASPUL, THE SEER.

CHAPTER IX.

IN THE TEMPLE OF SOPHANA.

"HE PROSTRATED HIMSELF BEFORE THE GODDESS, AND BESOUGHT HER TO GIVE HEAT TO THE FIRE"

CHAPTER X.

A DASH FOR FREEDOM.

CHAPTER XI.

ONLY HALF A CAPTURE.

CHAPTER XII.

RIVAL DOCTORS.

"'BY THE WILL OF ALLAH,' HE SAID, 'THE CHILD IS SICK'"

CHAPTER XIII.

WAR'S ALARM.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE BURST OF THE STORM.

CHAPTER XV.

FATE.

CHAPTER XVI.

RESCUE.

CHAPTER XVII.

THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.

"WHEN NEXT I AWOKE EDWARDS WAS SITTING BY MY SIDE."

"DAYLIGHT SHOWED US, IN THE FAR DISTANCE, THE MOUND OF THE BIRS NIMROUD"

CHAPTER XVIII.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP.

CHAPTER XIX.

IN CLOVER.

CHAPTER XX.

RE-UNION.

CHAPTER XXI.

A DESPERATE PLUNGE.

CHAPTER XXII.

BROTHERS AND CONSPIRATORS.

CHAPTER XXIII.

DAUD'S ADVENTURES.

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE DEVIL'S WELL.

CHAPTER XXV.

FOR DEAR LIFE.

CHAPTER XXVI.

A HAVEN OF REST.

CHAPTER XXVII.

VISITORS.

"WE COULD SEE BELOW US ... THE FIGURE OF A MAN LYING ACROSS THE GUNWALE"

CHAPTER XXVIII.

MYSTERIES, SOLVED AND UNSOLVED.

CHAPTER XXIX.

A PROPHECY FULFILLED.

"THE TWO OF THEM AS PROUD AS PEACOCKS"