Note {3} — Chapter VI
Henry Yule translation
Note 3.—The name is Bascra in the MSS., but this is almost certainly the common error of c for t. Basra is still noted for its vast date-groves. “The whole country from the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris to the sea, a distance of 30 leagues, is covered with these trees.” (Tav. Bk. II. ch. iii.)