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A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, Abridged [From Nineveh and Its Remains].
A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh Abridged - From Nineveh and Its Remains Author:Austen Henry Layard, Mihály Horváth General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAP. II. MOHAMMED PASHA. -- HIS CRUELTIES. -- THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. START FOB NIMROUD. AN ARAB FAMILY. COMMENCE EXCAVATIONS. DISCOVERY OF A CHAMBER. -- OF INSCRIPTIONS. OF IVORY ORNAMENTS. RETURN TO MOSUL. CONDUCT OF THE FASHA. EXCAVATIONS COMMENCED AMONGST VARIOUS RUINS. RETURN TO NIMROUD. FURTHER DISCOVERIES. -- SELAMIYAH. DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES. DESCRIPTION OF BAS-RELIEFS. -- INTERRUPTED BY THE PASHA. FURTHER DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES. -- DEPOSITION OF THE PASHA. -- DEPARTURE FOR BAGHDAD. My first step on reaching Mosul was to present my letters to Mohammed Pasha, the governor of the province. Being a native of Candia, he was usually known as Keritli Oglu (the son of the Cretan), to distinguish him from his celebrated predecessor of the same name. The appearance of his Excellency ' was not prepossessing, but it matched his temper and conduct. Nature had placed hypocrisy beyond his reach. He had one eye and one ear; he was short and fat, deeply marked by the small-pox, uncouth in gestures and harsh in voice. His fame had reached the seat of his government before him. On the road he had revived many good old customs and impositions, which the reforming spirit of the age had suffered to fall into decay. He particularly insisted on dish-parasi ; or a compensation in money, levied upon all villages in which a man of such rank is entertained, for the wear and tear of his teeth in masticating the food he condescends to receive from the inhabitants. On entering Mosul, he had induced several of the principal Aghas, who had fled from the town on his approach, to Literally, "tooth-money." return t...« less