. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . Bey, the commissioner appointed by the Govern-ment to attend us in our excavations, was also there onhorseback, attended by his servant on foot; and twOcawasses from the English Consul-General were on handto add ceremony to our entrance. It was quite a pom-pous procession. First came the two zaptiehs; then thetwo cawasses; then I, escorted by Bedry Bey, who rodehis horse a neck behind mine; then the several membersof the expedition; and f
. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . Bey, the commissioner appointed by the Govern-ment to attend us in our excavations, was also there onhorseback, attended by his servant on foot; and twOcawasses from the English Consul-General were on handto add ceremony to our entrance. It was quite a pom-pous procession. First came the two zaptiehs; then thetwo cawasses; then I, escorted by Bedry Bey, who rodehis horse a neck behind mine; then the several membersof the expedition; and finally the caravan with itsattaches, numbering some fifty beasts or more. Thestreets were so narrow that it was almost impossiblemuch of the time for two of us to ride abreast. On theway, another cawass from the British Consul-General metus with a note from the latter, inviting us to dine withhim that evening, and announcing that he would callupon us as soon as we had had time fairly to settle our-selves in our house. The whole town seemed to haveheard of our coming; and, thanks to the British Resi-dent, our entrance resembled a triimiphal A Scene on the Tij^ri^^ at Baghdad, showing characteristic native boats, the long luradas, and the round, pitch-smeared kufas, with bridge of boats beyond. CHAPTER IX. BAGHDAD AND BABYLON. The British Resident—A Turkish Toothache — Antiquity Dealers—OurCommissioner—Ancient Baghdadu—Modern Baghdad—The Date Mark—A Trip to Ctesiphon—The Palace of Chosroes—Purchase of Anti-quities—A Holy Shrine—Audience of the Wali Pasha—Leave to De-part—The Start—A Khan—Excavations at Abu Habba—The Gardenof Eden—Babil—Nebuchadrezzars Tree — Antiquity Ferrets—TheHanging Gardens—Hillah—Birs Nimrud—The Tower of Babel. OUR house in Baghdad was on the eastern side ofthe Tigris, where all the consuls and foreignresidents reside. The rent which we paid for this resi-dence, unfurnished, was eighteen piastres (se
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