LONDON: PR INTED BY W . CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFOBD-STBEET.
THE
E X P E D I T I O N
FOR THE
SURVEY OF THE KIVEES
EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS,
CARRIED ON
B Y O RD ER O F T H E B R IT ISH O O V B R N M B N T ^ ^ ^ p i i P D ^ ^ ^
In the Years 1835,1836, and 1837; C
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PRECEDED BY GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTOEICAL NOTICES OF THE REGIONS SITUATED''
BETWEEN THE RIVERS NILE AND INDUS.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
WITH FOURTEEN MAPS AND CHARTS, AND EMBELLISHED WITH NINETY-SEVEN PLATES,
BESIDES NUMEROUS WOOD-CUTS.
BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL CHESNEY, R.A., F.R.S. F.R.G.S.
' COLONEL IN A S IA ;
COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION.
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V O L UM E T H E F IR S T .
LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GRE EN, AND LONGMANS.
1850,.
