85. Ammianus (xxiv. 8) describes, as he had felt, the
inconveniency of the flood, the heat, and the insects. The
lands of Assyria, oppressed by the Turks, and ravaged by the
Curds or Arabs, yield an increase of ten, fifteen, and
twenty fold, for the seed which is cast into the ground by
the wretched and unskilful husbandmen. Voyages de Niebuhr,
tom. ii. p. 279, 285.