IN

ASSYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND CHALDEA;

FORMING PART OF THE LABOURS OF

THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION.

BY

WILLIAM AINSWORTH, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.

SURGEON AND GEOLOGIST TO THE EXPEDITION;

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS, MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF DUBLIN, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LIMERICK INSTITUTION, LATE PRESIDENT
OF THE ROYAL PHYSICAL AND PLINIAN SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH.

PUBLISHED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M. DCCC. XXXVIII.

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL

FRANCIS RAWDON CHESNEY, R.A., F.R.S.,

&c. &c. &c,

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED,

IN HUMBLE TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH SENSE ENTERTAINED BY THE

AUTHOR (AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS UNDER HIS COMMAND),
OF HIS ZEAL, JUDGMENT, AND PERSEVERANCE,

DISPLAYED IN THE SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT

OF A MOST ARDUOUS ENTERPRISE;

AS WELL ALSO OF HIS NOBLE AND ENLIGHTENED ARDOUR IN THE

CAUSE OF SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH,

CONTENTS.

The general Physical Features of Taurus, and of the Plains of

Mesopotamia and Syria

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Rock Formations of the River Euphrates, from Taurus to

the Alluvial Districts of Babylonia

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Researches on the latest Deposits by Transport (commonly

called Diluvium); and on the Physical Evidences of the

Noachian Deluge, contained in the Basin of the Euphrates,

and in the Plains of Babylonia

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Description and Progress of the Alluvial Districts of Babylonia,

Chaldæa, and Susiana.

Researches on the Geology of the Head of the Persian Gulf

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