British Museum.) Battering-ram, with movable Tower containing Warriors. Facing page 276 (N. W. Palace, Page 274 Page 283 Bas-relief representing Warriors before a besieged City. A Battering-ram drawn up to the Walls, and Captives impaled. (Centre Palace Nimroud.) Warriors forcing Stones out of the lower Part of the Wall of a besieged City. (S. W. Palace, Nimroud.) Page 284 A City taken by Assault, and the Inhabitants led away Captive. (Kouyunjik.) Facing page 285 Manacles for the Feet. (Khorsabad and Kouyunjik.) Manacles for the Hands. (Khorsabad and Kouyunjik.) A pair of Scales for weighing the Spoil. (Khorsabad.) Page 261 Page 284 A Boat carrying a Chariot, and Men floating on inflated Skins. Coin of uncertain Origin, conjectured to belong to a City on the Syrian Coast during the Persian Occupation. Page 284 Castle of a maritime People, probably the Tyrians. (Kouyunjik.) Page 284 A Galley. (Kouyunjik.) Page 297 Flying Warrior discharging an Arrow. (N. W. Palace, Nimroud.) Page 297 Page 303 Captive Women in a Cart drawn by Oxen. (Centre Palace, Nimroud.) Page 284 Assyrian Horsemen pursuing a Man, probably an Arab, on a Camel. (Centre Ruins, Nimroud.) Facing page 301 Chariot carried away by the Assyrians, amongst other Spoil, from a captured City. (Khorsabad) Page 303 Enemies of the Assyrians discharging their Arrows behind them. (Kouyunjik.) Page 297 Bactrian or two-humped Camels. (Obelisk, Nimroud.) Page 330 Elephant, the Ouran Outan (?), the Hounuman, or small Indian Monkey (?) (Obelisk, Nimroud.) Page 330 The Bull, the Rhinoceros, and the Chikara, or large Indian Antelope (?). (Obelisk, Nimroud.) Page 330 The Bruh, or great Indian Monkey (?), and the Wanderoo, or maned Ape (?). (Obelisk, Nimroud.) Page 330 Sacred Emblems suspended round the Neck of the King. (N. W. Palace, Nimroud.) Page 303 Emblem of the Deity. (N. W. Palace, Nimroud.) Page 340 Winged ircle. (Pterium) Page 303 Idols car ied in Procession by Assyrian Warriors. (S. W. Ruins, Nimroud.) Facing page 342 Hera or the Assyrian Venus. (From a Rock Table near the ancient Pterium.) Facing page 346 A Gryphon. (N. W. Palace, Nimroud.) Page 351 NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS. CHAPTER XI. As I was drawing one morning at the mound, Ibrahim Agha came to me, with his eyes full of tears, and announced the death of Tayhar Pasha. The Cawass had followed the fortunes of the late Governor of Mosul almost since childhood, and was looked upon as a member of his family. Like other Turks of his class, he had been devoted to the service of his patron, and was treated more like a companion than a servant. In no country in the world are ties of this nature more close than in Turkey; nowhere does there exist a better feeling between the master and the servant, and the master and the slave. I was much grieved at the sudden death of Tahyar; for he was a man of gentle and kindly manners, just and consid erate in his government, and of considerable information and learning for a Turk. I felt a kind of affection for him. The cause of his death showed his integrity. His troops had plundered a friendly tribe, falsely represented to him as rebellious by his principal officers, who were anxious to have an opportunity of enriching themselves with the spoil. When he learnt the particulars of the affair, and that the tribe, so far from being hostile, were peaceably pasturing their flocks on the banks of the Khabour, he exclaimed, "You have destroyed my house" (i. e. its honor), and, without speaking again, died of a broken heart. He was buried in the courtyard of the principal mosque at Mardin. A simple but elegant tomb surrounded by flowers and evergreens, was raised over his remains; and an Arabic inscription records the virtues and probable reward of one of the most honest and amiable men that it has been my lot, in a life of some experience amongst men of various kinds, to meet. visited his monument on my return to Constantinople. From the lofty terrace, where it stands, the eye wanders over the vast plains of Mesopotamia, stretching to the Euphrates-in spring one great meadow, covered with the tents and flocks of innumerable tribes. The Kiayah, or chief secretary, was chosen Governor of the province by the council, until the Porte could name a new Pasha, or take other steps for the administration of affairs. Essad Pasha, who had lately been at Beyrout, was at length appointed to succeed Tahyar, and soon after reached his Pashalic. These changes did not affect my proceedings. Armed with my firman I was able to defy the machinations of the Cadi and the Ulema, who did not cease their endeavors to throw obstacles in my way. After the celebration of Christmas I returned to Nimroud, and the excavations were again carried on with activity. I should weary the reader, were I to describe, step by step, the progress of the work, and the discoveries gradually made in various parts of the great mound. The labors of one day resembled those of the preceding; but it would be difficult to convey to others an idea of the excitement which was produced by the constant discovery of objects of the highest interest. A mere journal of my proceedings would afford but little amusement, and I should have to repeat, over and over again, the same details, and should probably be led into a repetition of the same reflections. I prefer, therefore, describing at once the results of my labors during the first three months of the year; and I will endeavor to explain, as concisely as possible, the extent of the operations, and the nature of the buildings uncovered. I must necessarily make frequent reference to the plans; as without the assistance they afford, it would be difficult to convey an accurate idea of the form of the edifices and the position of the chambers. The northwest palace was naturally the most interesting portion of the ruins, and to it were principally directed my researches. I had satified myself beyond a doubt that it was the most ancient building yet explored in Assyria. Not having been exposed to a conflagration like other edifices, the sculptures, bas-reliefs, and inscriptions, which it contained, were still admirably preserved. When the excavations were resumed after Christmas, eight chambers had been discovered. There were now so many outlets and entrances, that I had no trouble in finding new rooms and halls--one chamber leading into another. By the end of the month of April I had explored almost the whole building; and had opened twenty-eight chambers cased with alabaster slabs. Although many new objects of sculpture of considerable interest and importance were found in them, still the principal part of the edifice seems to have been that to the north. Chambers B and G contained the most remarkable bas-reliefs; they represented the deeds of the king in war and in the chase, his triumphant return, and the celebration of religious ceremonies. The best artists had evidently been employed upon them; and they excelled all those that had yet been discovered, in the elegance and finish of the ornaments, and in the knowledge of art displayed in the grouping of the figures. The walls of the other chambers were either occupied. by a series of winged figures, separated by the sacred tree,the figures resembling one another in every respect, or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the slabs. It will be perceived that a certain symmetry was, to some extent, observed in the plan of the building; particularly in |