The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . west palace 273 excavations 275 tiglath-pileser in his chariot 279 the god nebo 283 the mounds of kuyunjik 287 a winged bull 290 tomb of the prophet jonah, and the river khausser 292 palace op sennacherib restored 294 bass-reliefs 296 sculptures in relief 298 removal of a colossal lion 301 sennacherib on his throne 304 placing a human-headed bull in position 305 inscribed tablets 308 inscriptions on the winged bulls 309 jewish captives 313 torturing the captives 316 specimen op a cuneiform inscri
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . west palace 273 excavations 275 tiglath-pileser in his chariot 279 the god nebo 283 the mounds of kuyunjik 287 a winged bull 290 tomb of the prophet jonah, and the river khausser 292 palace op sennacherib restored 294 bass-reliefs 296 sculptures in relief 298 removal of a colossal lion 301 sennacherib on his throne 304 placing a human-headed bull in position 305 inscribed tablets 308 inscriptions on the winged bulls 309 jewish captives 313 torturing the captives 316 specimen op a cuneiform inscription 339 the deluge tablets 349 chamber where the tablets were found 351 hormuzd rassam 366 a tukhteravan 393 valley op sheikh adi 398 chief of the devil-worshipers ... 400 dance op the devil-worshipers 401 high-priest of the devil-worshipers 403 yezidi women 404 kurdish women 405 christian girls op uznaoor 414 greek and roman remains at nisibeen 417 city of mardeen 421 city op orfah. 429 Abrahams mosque and pool. 433 town of birijik 439 THE dromedary 446 ARAB CAMELS 447 HALT OF A CARAVAN 449. THRONES AND PALACES OF BABYLON AND NINEVEH. CHAPTER I. Up the Persian Gulf.—Brilliant Anticipations.—Memorable Historic Lands.—Preparations for the Journey.—Our Party.—Steamer Burniah.—En-glish Travelers.—Pilgrims to the Shrine of Dwaka.—Kurrachee.—ItsHistory and Commerce.—Civilizations Compared.—Worshiping Alliga-tors.—Oriental Gamblers.—Looking for a Harbor.—Guadur.—Appear-ance and History of Muscat.—Its King and his Kingdom.—DeliciousDates.—Ornamented Women.—Reign and Forts of the Portuguese.—Terrible Massacre. — Sunset at Sea. — Arabian and Persian Mountains.—Persian Gulf described.—Bunder Abbas.—Portuguese and Ormuz.—Fire-worshipers.—Islands in the Persian Gulf—Kislim and Larrack.—^Lingah.—Pearl-divers of Bahrein.—Pearl-fisheries.—Costly Pearls.—A Sea of Blood.—Bushire.—Tragic Scenes.—Englands Lion Share.—Anci
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