TCD MS 10515 folio 17v
[March 8th 1916] tivated and the bright green of the young crops formed a pretty contrast beneath the darker green of the sheltering trees. But the groves formed no more than a narrow border to the river for within the enclosing fringe of foliage was the broad expanse of desert without a tree or object of any kind to break the monotony of its vast wilderness. At 1pm we reached Abadan, a goodly town with large buildings and works connected with the Persian oil Company. Two monitors, or as the naval people term them, river gunboats, were building on the beach. One was decked in flags and appeared ready to exchange her place on the stocks for the waters of the Tigris. Later we passed Mohomera, north