mahailas

Here again we were held up while countless mahailas passed through, but we succeeded in getting over at last and eventually found the house of the Wise Men, the headquarters of the irrigation officers.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

The huge, high-prowed mahailas, the crazy wooden galleries skirting the river, the quaint, squat minaret appearing over the flat roofs, and the dim light of lamps reflected in the still water made a picture at twilight that it would be difficult to beat for mystery and romance.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Noah's arks, little steamers, and loaded mahailas jostled each other in their endeavours to get up against the strong stream.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

It is generally packed with craft from big mahailas, the type of vessel shown in the sketch facing page 16, to the ubiquitous bellam.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Thornycroft motor-boats and Sennacharib goufas, mahailas and Thames steamboats, an oil-fuel gunboat and a stern paddler that could have come out of a woodcut of the first steamboat on the Clyde -- and all these in the same reach.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

A multitude of steamboats and mahailas lined the shore.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Some mahailas I found with traces of rich colouring, blue and yellow (see sketch facing page 34), but this was exceptional.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Rochester, the romance lingers around memories of dusty mahailas.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Some giant mahailas, nearly obliterated the crooked little galleries that overlook the creek, and a few boats glided silently down towards the open river.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

Turkish gunboat _Marmaris_ was putting on every ounce of fuel she had, and a mass of mahailas and tugs were doing their best to escape the

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906